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*0F ALL THE LAViB AND RESOLUTIONS 



NOW IN FORCE 



IN THS 



^TATB OF ^BOMCJIA, 



CN -rtiS SUBJECT OF 



jpUBLIC EDUCATION AND FREE SCIIOOLSV 



TREPARED 



CNDER A RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE, 



BY JOHN A. CUTHBERT. 



PUli^L^nyO BY AUTHORITY 



MII^LEDGEVILLE : 

1932, 



IS3Z 



EESOLVED, That his Excellency the Governor, be, atid 
lie is hereby authorised to appoint a suitable person to con:plet6 
and have published in pamphlet form all Ihe laws, and re- 
: .lutions now in force in this State, on the subieci; of public ed- 
ucatioi and free schools, the numbej- of pamphlets to be sufficient 
to furnish each member of the preseni Legislature, one, one for 
the Inferior Court, and one for each Justice of the Peace in 
each county. 

Tne reference from the Representative branch of the Legis- 
lature, requesting an enquiry into the expediency of establishing 
a Statf*. Library at the seat of Government, has been under the 
consi'ieration of the committee. The convenience, benefit and 
usefulness of an extensive and well selected library at the seat of 
Government, seem too obvious to admit of doubt. The want of 
pne, is a reproach which should no longer exist. Profitable, 
useful and etficient legislation can only obtain where the law-ma- 
kers are intimately acquainted with the operation of the laws, 
and the objects to be attained by them. The first is the result 
of experience, the latter by a careful examination of the enact- 
ments of cotemporaries and predecessors, the last can be ac- 
quired alone by the legends of memory or the records of histo- 
ry. The morality of men changes as circumstances and occa- 
sions vary. Wise and successful legislation must not only be con- 
trolled by these circumstances, but also by an intimate acquaint- 
ance with all the principles involved in these [their] circum- 
stances. In a government like ours, dependent for its perma- 
nency and freedom on the moral sentiment of the governed, it 
does seem to be a position self-evident, that the Legislators and 
the Governors should always be in the possession of the means 
which can carry into operation most beneficially those principles 
of human action, which foster and protect the common weal. 
The object can be materially advanced by a well selected libra- 
ry ; which would not [only] afford facility and fitness in legisla- 
tion, and the Executive part of the Government, but likewise a 
beneficial amusement to the Legislators and other officers of the 
government. It is believed that Georgia is the only one of the^ 
)riginal confederacy, and the only one except three, of the twen* 
^ 'four States, which does not profit by the benefits and facili- 
ies of a State Library, or an institution of equivalent advaola- 
ces. 
Approved, Dec. 26th, 1831. 



EXECU'rrv^E DEPARTMENT, Ga. t 

Mllledgeville, July 1 Wi, 1 832. ) 

Whereas, under the requisitions of a Resolution of the 'G en.-^ 
pral Assembly, passed on the 26th day of December, 1831, -J 
did, on the 4th day of January last, appoint John A. Ciithbert|, 
Esquire, to compile and have published the laws and resolutions 
now in force in this State, on the subject of public education anii. 
free schools; And 

Whereas, the said John A. Cuthbcrt, did, on the 9th day of 
April last, present tome, a Compilation of said Laws and Reso- 
lutions, made in conformity to said Resolution ; which Compila'-' 
tion was, by Executive Order, submitted to the inspection and 
examination of Samuel Rockwell, Iverson L. Harris, and Aum 
gustus H. Kenan, Esquires, who have reported to me, that they - 
have compared said compilation with the original Laws and Re- 
solutions, and find the same to be correct, and executed with ac* 
curacy and ability — Whereupon I do hereby declare my appro^ 
val and reception of said Compilation, and order the publication 
l)f the s^me, in conformity with the resolution of the Legislature,, 

WILSON iLUMPKIN. 



IN FORCE IN GEORGIA, 



IN RELATION TO 



PUIiLIC EDUCATION, AND FREE SCHOOL^. 



FREE SCHOOLS. 

1. AN ACT for erecting- an Academy or <S'emir.ary of Leaiii- 
insT, and for other Durposes therein mentioned — passed July 
3ist, 1783~Craw. and Mar. 134. 

Sec. .XiV. Be it furiher enacted, <5«c. That on application of nnpthouf; 
any person or persons duly authorized by the respective coun- valim iand 
ties, his honor, the Governor, shall be, and he is hereby empovz-H'ciforafi'^e 
cred to grant one thousand acres of vacant land for erecting free eacrl.J?nty: 
schools. 



2. LOTTl'^RY ACT, embracing the conntleS of Appling, Ear- 
ly, Gwinnett, Hal?, Irwin, and ^Valton- — passed December- 
loth, 1818— Pr. Dig. 30j. 

Sec. XXII. Be it enacted, ^c. That lots No. 10, and ^00, Jf^J^'';^^' 
shall be reserved and set apart, in each surveyors district, for the j«^»;^'^^^^ jf^ 
education of poor children. tiljn of ' 



Sec. XXIiI. Be it furiher enacted, i^o. That the proceeds aris- , r^arf/o 
ing from the sales of the fi-actions, if ihere be any, after defray-- V.'i!)j;'>^-'*' 
ing the necessary expen vc«, be set apart as a permaneijt fund, lio^l!" I'^t 
i,or the pui'pose mentioned ijji the preceding section. '^ 



FREE SCHOOLS. 



AN ACT for the permnnent endowment of cGpnty Acade- 
mies, and to increase the fui^ds heretofore set apart for.the 
encourag'ement and support* of. l^ree ♦Schools, and for the 
interna! improvement of the stare — passed '2M December, 
1821^Da\v. Com. 0. * 

Sec. I. Be ittnaded, ^'C. That the sum of five hundreJH tholf- 

onlhaKf si^nd dollars be, and the ^me is liei-eby setapait, the one half fer 

Jnd onrhldf^^^ support aud encouragement of free schools, and the other 

^'^^•o^.in^tya-jialf for the permanent endowment of county academies; and 

the further sum of five lumdred thou.^and dollars he, and the 

same is hereby set apart for Uhe internal impro\*einent ,of the 

State. ^ ' ' 

fundofwh?! ^^^- ^^ And he U further enicted,'^^c. That the said sun^ of 
tohe'corupL-five huudrcd thousand dolla»^s, first above named, shall be denom- 
inated, the school fund, and shall be con>po^ed of tv/ahundped 
thousand dollars of the stock of tlie Bank of Darien, two hund- 
red thousand dollars of the stock of the State Bank, and one 
hundred thousand dollars of the Bank of xiuausta. 



:-QO,000 clol. 



Only the iii- 
teresionsaid 
lunJ-; t< 



Sec. III. And he it further enacted, ^c. That the principal 
lunj-^toLe sums sct apart as aforesaid, sltall at no timf,', or ibr any purpose, 
be appropriated or used : but the interest arising thereon shall'be 
applied to the purposes herein before mentioned', as the Legisla- 
ture may from time to time direct. 



be^mE'of ^^^' ^^' Artd he il further enacted, ^^c. That it shall be the du- 
the amounts ty of thc Trcasurcr, Comptroller-General, Trustees or Commis- 
cack cuoui.v. sioners ol county Academies, and the Inlerior Coui-ts of the se- 
veral counties v/ithin tliis State, together with the Senators of 
said counties, to examine and make full and accurate report to 
the next Legislature, of the amount received by said counties 
respectively, in confiscated property, or other endowment ; and 
when such leturns are made, and information obtained, the divi- 
Diriden.is dcuds yielded by the one half of the school fund aforesaid, shall 
SjSj.*''"''^" be apportioned, and paid seini-ai n.u.Uy to the several counlies, . 
as a future Legislature may direct. '• 

Sec. V. .Superseded by thc act of 22d Dec. 1828. 

Sec. \L And he it further enacted, i^-c. That nothing in tliis 
This a.:t act Contained, shall be so construed as to prevent any lUture 
»Tor^it)IS- s^eneral assembly Ircm altering or repealing this act, or any part 
** thereof. 



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4. 



IrREE SGIIOOfk '(. 

AN ACT to bs entitled ^n act, to alter and amcn^ an act, 
passed the 23(!I)ecember,*1822,to disttib«te the baiikdivi- 
d.end, a^d other nett proceeds of the poor school fund among' 
the difierent countiest in this state — passed December 22d, 
V823— D,aw. Com. l4. 

«• lars of tlife. 

Sec. I. Jle it enacted, <5*r. That from and aftej the passing of j:,';',';^^,'^^^^^;;^ 



iriis act, Hie sum of twenty thousand dollars out df the proceeds «'■ 



ributcl 
annually a» 




H 



.proportion, to the number of freeiHiite populauun m enca cuuu- ijoimiaitcrn, 
ty :, which populaition shall be ascertained by the census next to 
De taken, and which shall be considered as the population of 
saiiLcouritjes, until it fhall be again taken, accordinj^ to lav/, for 
the purpose of educating such •children who ar« destitute of the 
m'ean^of Education.. tr 

• '•' • 

Sec. 2,^5, 4, 5, G, and 7, superseded Uy the act of 22d De- 
or^mber, 1828. . ^ •' . * • j:^,^^^ 

* Sec. Vlll. Jlndh^itfurilier enacted, f^. Tii at so much of the », 
■ peDealing act of whic!f tl^is is araenil^or^^ as militates against 
^is^ctj^bc, and the same is hereby repeajed. 



AN ACT to be entitlecfanijct, for the better distribution aiM 

application of the poor school fund, and to point out the 

mode of accdimtin;^ for the disf>ursement of .the academy 

^nd poor schoc^l funds — pas^d 22d December, 1828 — Daw. 

Com. 49. * . * ^ 

Sec. ^\ Be it enacted, <J-f.,That the ClerL:?, of the Courts o^^f^'^U 
Ordin^r^', in the- several counties in this State, are hereby [*^:j;i;'/^^^'^ , Jj"; 
ryjpointcd 8*e trustee of the poor scliool fund, who shall be oo- vo-^i, '^.■^^;;^" 

, Dable of suing and being sued, under the name and style of "Thdj^m .• ^'-eand 
trustee of the poor school fund ;" the said truste'^, before lie 
enters upon the duties of his oMice, shall give bond with approved '^'^ p:^« 
seoin'ity, to the Justices of the Inferior Court of his county, in runty. 
the suiti of one fiiousand dollars, for the faithful performoncc of 
his duty as trustee ; and at the sam.e time talce and subscribe the a^^^yjlh*'^*^^ 
following oath, before the Justices of the Inierior Court, or a ma- 
jority of thern, tb wi* : I , do solemnly swear, that I will 

.faithfully perform anJ discharge the duties of trustee of the poor '^''^ '^^^'^■ 

^('h%ol fund, for the county of , as tlie h\v directs ; that 

wijl no^, nor shall any person for ine or themselves, by or 
'vith my consent or knowledge use ix-y money or sums of mo- 



4 r^^'^^ ^oiJooLs: 

ney coming ilito m}' haii/' ■, .. \n\%tcf). aloresakl, for my own^of, 
thei.'" prhale use, so help n]- God. AVIfich oat^ ;Aall be enter- 
tere^i^'oa^^Jle ^^ ^^' tlic mlnu^^s of t^G Inferior Court'; ami the ttu.^tee may 
thl'^iSiu"/ retain fivft per ceM^as <$ornmi_sj(Ut? or cfoi^pensation for \m 
co'url! '" sei-yifees as trustee, ppon all sffflpi^^Stlfli^s^ by fe^ii. ^ * 

Sec. IIji '^nd be^it further enacted, ^^c. I^hat if^the Cleric of 
^v^l\mt"6':■ the; Court of Ordinary wil] n^t 'accept the •a|'^:)ointment* '^ 
lo^VG^ult" trusji^e of the poor school fund, thej^iistices oY the. Inferior Courr 
scu^^'^oper s^ha|i»immediate^ proceed to appoint some fit and discreet per.^on 



per; 



in the. county,, trustee of the poor seMol fund; which trustee 
[^°|'^J^-^^;'^g#'whfe*''appoin;ed^ shall be, and is Hereby ve3ted*#vith ^11 the po)¥-'* 
take tiie oath ers that tlic CMikof the C(5|q^ of Ordinary cou!d«posse^ when ^ 
acting as trustee of the .poor school fund, agreeable to the pro*- 
visions of this act; and it fehall be the duty of the frus^e ap-^ 
pointed^by tkcinferior Court, to give bond and seeurit}", tindtake- 
the oath prescribed 'by this act. « j^nd whenever the *truste^?c^' 
inr-^etho^he poor schooi fijml, wHethe'r the Clerk, oi* the pers^i appoia- 
Suo%3'vierted In' thef'lnferio^ourt, shall refuse or nogle/^t to furnisT^ the 
KtatKn\ of'*^2n^br elect' with a correct statement .of the receipts and fex- 
he'^Si'Vr- P^^"^^^^*^^^'®^ ^{ ^^® pdor school fi^nd, agreeable to the pr8visi5ns of. 
SiLionA'^^"^^ act, such trustees sh^i^ forfeit,, ami not b« entitled" to recei\^* 
Bt sued.' ^(5* or retain in tfhis hands, a n^p Commissions ^r compensation for bi^; 
services; and the Ju'feficcs oi" the Inferior C#uft shall immdB!- 



.♦ • 



IWy order suit to be brought^ against stich trustee on tHe bincf^ 
irwe 



^en bv him. 



• Kec. III. Md he it fitrth'^' enacted, ^^c. That it shall be the 
Trustee to duty of the trustce af)poitited by this act, or*that may beaj^poin-* 
2erfru°te^] tefl by the Inferior Cpurt, to call upbi\all former tAistees, or oth- 
te\v!ei.oor efwf ersons who liaije heretofore recejved or had cb.arge of th 



sohooi^uud. ffffjui-gement of tlie poor school funds, in the several counties in 

fhi^; State^ and rcquirtj^them to pay over all une;'ipended ballanciis 

remaining in his, h(?f, or their hands ; and in case'of ne^^lect or 

*^^ refusal to pay the same withi^^ twenty days after the same i^de- 

to iP/t^i, mailed, the trustee shall immediaiely commence 'an action iu 

stitutod^ '"'tae Superior Court, for all sums abo^e thirty dollars^ against such 

. d;?faulters, for all sun^s due and owing by him, her, or them ,* and 

for all sums of thirty dollars and undep, in a Ju|tices^ouri 

I^Sec. W'.K'I.idbe it further enacted, fyc. That it shall be the, 
j,r.;-;.os of fiitty of the J^'.sticcs of t\\d, Peace, in the difFerent captains dis- 
tricts of each county, to produce anfl make out a lisj of all chil- 



\\\fi PeaMi t'j 
luuKe out 

iSip?ivri^n-^^^'^ in their respective districts, together v/ith thpirname^ ages,. 

alsuiljiy*^"" '"^^^ sexes, whose extreme indii:ence entitle them to » participa- 
tion in the poor school kmd, and report them in Avriting to the 
tmstee of the county. 
Tim tms- proved of bv 

tef cho list, book, to be kept bv him for that purpose ; arfd it shall be the du- 

;ili(l sciulthc r-i i. " 111 Ai'ii 1 ^ 

<;ii^'rr.uio ty o.f suca tru^^lee, to cause all such ])oor T^mldren to be sent to 
''**^"""" school, v/benevcr a school can be h?.d suficientlv near to theii:' 



county. V/hich Itsf after being e.^nvned and ap- 
tlje trustee, shall be registerecT bv said trustee in a. 



TREE^ SGKdO 



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of reBiLkiR-e ; and whcii||ucii^,m!dA' cliik!rci*ai.c Sciit to 
the leachL^r shffl^ submit his acooiiuts ton^aki Jiilticts-ot" 



Lio- Feace, who sha]l*appitA"e or ^eje'i^fthc h-am^; andii' si^Ii 



account bo approved, the t^^her sl^ll place *hiasci-i^-^ in tliei'-^jc-i 

.._... ...^..-^.„^ 311 lit #-tl|pi_ _...., ... 

hjs l^n^.8 are not suliiciefit to pay the*\vholc acccSlhitl ofjd|*!:^^ 



iiands of' the trilstee for revisiOTjand coi ' 'and t{^e#VJft 

trustee shailfcay the acconiit OT^tMteacL*:., iu,i-.ss the funds in 



I the trustee tor reyisfomanci coi ' 'am; 

hail^Day the account OT^tH^eack., iu,i-.ss ^e 

s are not suliiciefit to pay the *\v hole accc^jhi 
QQunty of simila^niounf ;. theivaiiJL^in that c^; - , J' duUi lie tne '^ ---^--^ 
duty of ^.e t^ilsiee to divi(lgjthe"rinics in kis bar. ; iiy, ^mQ|ig » <»*• 

the pocr^liildrcn cducate^iJlQr that yetfr. *jt «., 

•* -gJt* "** ♦ • '<■ ■ 

,Sec. y. ^n^ be it 'fvrther ^qcted, x^-c.^ That ifi.'s Excefllbpy,*^ 
f!ic Governof'is hereby ijn^ionjfcr' to ♦draw m wi^irajii bB^,,r'-o .r 
th« Treasurer m favor of flic tIKtee of the pooi^school fund,.^;,,^:''"-^'..;,'^ " 
•Ibrthe distributu'esbarg of the po©r schcol fund, 10||v}fi?^suQ|i ''■■'' "^^ ^ 
x:oun<:y is^cijtitlied, if such trustee, aj^hes fprthe s?j^'- ii^Kersoi* 0^ 
ortiraws an orcl^r upon the "governor for $l^e same:* Tyovich dU- 
*rhat the Justices of the fnferior Cojat^ shail certify that su^ff- pr 



. that supli' Fiov^cf 

trustee ip duly e[uaiilk'd to |ippJy ,for tt^e §avf, aip^^^feji to the v 

previsions ^f this act. ^ \ ''^^ J^ t. ^ ^ 

\ #. ♦ • ^ ♦ 

Sec; IT. ilnd heitfioiher enacted, * l^-c. ,TbM the triist6es cii ^- ► 

the Several academies, and^tlie ffustee^f th^poor s^hod ffcitl iii^|Vr.i»%?'of • 
eaj^h county in this Sfat8,*shaf imHSly, on or before tlie tldrd j'f ;;; ;j^ -^^ 
Monday \\\ each October, franernitto tko senator elect from tiiiA^^'f^' 1" 
county, two accounts" e^h l)i their r#pective i^otupfs and %- ^'^^^i-^^i '-ji 
pendituresof -tft^t year, tq2:eth*er'with a list of tlfe name^ 'ag-^, s''#fnl4ll^ 
and sexes, of the poor children a«id scholars, respectively edi«ca-|iv'i!t>-'V 
ted lit the county, and at their a«adeir^^ ^Oiie c6*pv.t^' veach of1l'vi\f^'ilk' • 
said accounts respectiyely shall be .depd^itecl 1^/ the senatciw inl>^''^'""^' "^*'" • i 
the Executive Department, antione^opn. of ^adi shf#l bo^id * * * 
before the Seaiatus A^adeniicus. And ii the trustees of aiuy^lta- ,• ^ . ' 
demy oi* poor school shall fail ro comply with.the provisiorf^f^f 'onfiifm: 
this act, such trustees of academy, "of 4rus|ees* of p^r €choAlL?nS" >. 
fund, shalUiqt be entitled to du-aw iftiy dividend of ^leir. rcspec-mW '" 




acaticnii'^x. 



Sec. yil. Md be Ufw^tJicr enacted, c^r. Thatiie trustcJsLpf 
the several Academics, or Justices of the Inforio?* Court, or't^- 



teeS of tlie poor 'fechool fund, in the sevc^«il counies in this State, ^^"^ *>*" p^ 
who shall at any time hereaiter maho to his iixccllency tlic Gov- ^^^o^rei 
H^-noj^ a full and fair statement (-y the receipts and expenditures mmrio"" 
of their respective several academies oV poor sphof^ fuiKls, Ijere-lnniii'Ki" 
tofore dr?iwn by them for such coun^- or academy ; also shew- rea?' ''' •" 
ing in #vhatf manner in which moneys received by them lixyn the 
treasury have been applied and . cxpcixled ; ^nd also shewinc^ 
^hat amount isdueaud owjngby former trustees, orothcrs, \vh() 
have rocciv(>d or had ohaiVe of , their several respective ncade- 

■ J'injv of payment ohimstU b;- the act of Wfl Dotcnitwr, l^-W. 



•tTilc or pf^.Q^ sc-iooi func>>,'''iif'riie |cyeral ro'iinaes of this Siatr^. 
then, ani^intbat case, his Excellency tji^ Governor shall be, and 
is *her§J)y authorised f|^/drav/ a warrant* on tne Troas^I^i^,' in 
^* iavor df J:hc ^lifli^ent acq|JemieR,jgspectively and severally, and 
the trustees of })croHschoo!s, forlR' arrears wnich their <|ounties 
' or academies majfc be entitle^ji^. * , ' * ' 

7^ *••■* f 

I ^ ■ Sec. Ytjy J^Me itfarijiir enacted, ^-r, THk hi^ Excellency 
■fTi(^"^^^'^\£*^^'^^^^ ^^^^^^^ *^^^^^ ^ "^rr^ on the Tr?asur|r, in fa- 
■'Jr^Mif ""'" "^'^ JK5^^ trustees of any academf^s, unless it is on th^person- 
'(ii-SlfVkii? aia^ication of one or n^ore of tl*e -tostees, or a written order 
^i^f^J'^OTjM same, s%nedby a majority 6f the trustees of j^juch acad^ 

Avnttfen or- 



der. 



•' 



'^oriit same, sTgnedby a majority 6f t 



^ * ' l|S39e/ IK^ Jmd be^it further^enacfed, tj-^ That ,whcn there are 
TcS^HS^^R^ oftgjor^icorpbrated a^d^mies in any one couiijtf, and the 
^'^'^''iJPSfi'tfus^S^? mhev academy mil to ei^iibit a satisfactory accomit 



i; 



c^J^'^.ol^nry^f.^tlieir respective, *sev^ral ^.disbursements in terms of this act^ 

<i!i^\tt'ic'^^ f^e triist^ of tHI? atcademy or academics in said county, who 

^(rividewi. ^^Q t^-g ^cc^nt, ^shall be eijtitlcd*to dxaw the whoi^ diiideiid 

^ 'ff provided for said county gpr coujities, for eveH^ ydar hi wliich 

< ' , ' ^ihereiHifey b6 a ^ilur^ as q-fore^aid. :i , 

''^%^'Sec."'X. ,ind be it furtMi^-erit^ed, %'c. That the Jusli6es^f 
fnfe^l ti^e Inferior Courts thfoug'hout this /S'tate, ehall h^ve power to 
:,p'i!rupr'i^te 'or^T cm ap})r9priation #f any pf#rt ^r j1t»rtion of the surplus 
L?iiR'to Jh-cqjnnty^^mds, in aid of the provisions now, or^^hicli 'hereafter' 
thf"etfuV?i' Mnay belftade, for die b^Aefit of igounty academie*s, or the educa^ 
cS^ir^icn of pooraHldren.^ ^- , .€ 

" * ^c. il. fOnd be iPfur-lI'^^ r.nfictedy v^. Thtit all laws'milita* 
cr^fef^'''" ting^figainst thig ac^ 'be, and the same are hereby repealed^. 






tJinV?^ ACT^morcicffectnally to define tae duty of fie Irus'eer* 

• of the popft* schooi fund, in the respective counties of fiiis 

state — ^passed Decem&er 22d, 1829 — Daw. Com. 56. 

Tfl^tatf- 'S'ec. )f.'Be^it enacted, <f c. That from and imifiediate>y afierthe 
5oo"sri,Joi passr.ge. of this act, the trustees of the poor school funtl in the 
f?^"tcvi'.^.^s respi:<;tive counties of this state, are requiredj whenever the 
n\jfi.neriy.- -^.^chers of poor children in their resj-cctive counties, shall make- 
out t'icir accounts, agreeable to the provisions of an act, passed 
the tv/r:nty-r>pcondday of December, eighteen hundred and twen^ 
ty-eii?.hi, entitled, " An Act for the better distribution and appl>»- 



T 

rution of tb^pow school 'funr^alM.t.' iii^ i<:(K^- oi lc- 

' ia^ iJfc^ the^^isbui'r - hooi 

' to pav sajl atf 00 ulow- 

; 0)1 the fir;, n tl:ie iirst Moiiday . 

on the^lir^t V> ... \ ^^,11 .-.m t^. i^ist ,. ^ 

a Januai* V,, hi eac ' : ; \io ac-t^rav 
co|r;i: biiail-be pai!i until the iidi eiiu iuia^(:'x;)irai:. n ui tiae qUbJ"- 

terfoiM^ich the (lemaiid Is niiid^ ^ *•• ' * 
... / • 



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?ec. fl. Arj)k H^^wihererta^jed, ^-c. %h4th&ti;ustte!^ietiS;^^^^ 
poor scjioolfimd iu tjie 'i-espectite counties of tltt.-=!^tale, shg^Rot ;,t!,^3pfa;. 
wait ^til all flie Justiees 4t' the l^^ace. in^heir resJ3|ct^6^<^'^rt- 
ctiinties msiy r«poit, but sfu<! trustee is il^i'eby required, ^^n~Ji^ 



ever safcl Justices or auv of^J^jn; fHall fail or ii^ect iO re^orl, '*» 
agiVeable t^ithe^act ot" the tv>'drity-secdiid|pJay of Deceiiibei:/ 
ei2:l^e^l huiidred*aii4 twenty -ei^htf to j^ay o^n- to sufck teachefj^^ ^ 
as luayjia've made out/<tn(^ aQccMuiffe. as a:oresaid,AeMrf^sp#c- 
tivc- deiirands : Provided^ "Shat^aid trustee, oii ptying out suc?i p™">^ 
iunis, shall retain hi his hands^ as uelirly as &« can aapertain, a - ■ 
i-aieable pi'oportion o^"nl^ef^', a^^vl)l be»snificie?it to op'^erthe de- 
mand^ ^lat may be made ^ii ;he defaulting di«2fricts * ' " A:nty, | 
until said return shall have uC-^i#?i4adc dgret^Lle to i. 

*■ * - I A ' 

^Sec. III. Jlrtd he it furili^\na^iml, c,'C. ThalPall acts and^^fj*^' 
pjfits of actsiiiilitatrng against ^his act, be, ancf tii'ey are liereby - 
vejoeale<!. W ' • • 



7. AN ACT to authorise and require his Exceilency^lhe G\'%- 

ernor, to make a distribution of the funds set aptit for the g* , ^ 
education of poor children, and for the endowment of coun- X 
tyacadiimies — passed December lU, 1829 — Daw.'Coi%5^. ^ 

jScc. I. Be it enacted, ^^c. That from and immediateiy after TheG£^- 
the passage of iliis,act, his Excellency the Governor, be, and he rH".=e n^di?. 
> hereby authorised and required to cause a distribution of the t'"^"io'r ^' 
fund set apart for the benefit and education of poor^hildreu^ and V^u 
for academic purposes, to be made among the several counties Hi"* 
of this state, retaining for those counties v/hich have not made a 
return of the census of said counties, an amount for each of such 
^lefaulting c.ounties, equal to the smallest of the counties ol' the 
c^tate, which have made returns. 

iS>c.* II. And be it fiart her enact edy s^-c. That all laws and ^^^'J^'^J''-^- 
parts of laws militatiuu- ugauist thiij act, be, and the same are here- 
by renealed. 



nel Airoiie 



repealed. 





!-';.. 


ac:u;';\ ly 


U\]]d to wliicli the cn^rt ■-;t 


he i)^or 


£:;O0l fund of S|lM , 


^;evci^y-l 


ive cei4s o£ the pcJi^r .sciiooT 



FREE SQIOOls^^ 



Bdlce]- i^'cEtifekd, to 
a,jifl (illf (loU,Jjrs and 

:}<uvl to whiditke eoiui:y of Early was entitled for thjj^yejjr 
t;ig[;^ieeu luiudretl, aii^l twenty^ive, to tlie- same,* *an'd' to %ii- 
i!ioTi.=?e' the takhig' (^the^censiis of s;iiKlry ceuntles hi the 
iale— pass(Mi)e|emhA' 27,^ 182C-*-Dtii^. Com. 40. 

/Sod ), rei?eJpie(;Tby tliQ act of tli* IStiiftDecember, l*jB20;"3d 
; 'onistqmpoi'ary, ^ ' «. 

• r.rTfA- S^c!" III.-*.JncZ be il further enacted^ cf-c. That it shall b(^ the 
■:vMVM,-! _ ;^,,;^. , (^ ^1^^ ,lnsticiN en Lfie ^^ifeiior Coiwt o^ ^the- %etei;(al cdim-' 
' ^ .state, ^lich nave been cix^:.tcd ^-mca the kis#r^sus 
/■f j-/:u-; ;:j.Ke'!), or which may he'reaftet^ bet::reaied and or^aifized, to 
j„ 'appohit one f?^ aiHpr(t]-)er^3fM^3dn ii'Teach.bat.tainon in their Ve^ 
•.cctivc dfctUn 'JeSj^f® take a full and accurate census or^numeiC- 
iion of the free wljite population; ancVthe^pevsqpisHCf appointed 
' ' inpJse their returns to, the Clerk oii Up Inferior CoifrtfV/ith- 
.1 L.c tinie f^scrihi^d by the awSiority from whence they recei- 
ved tj^oi^ appointments. ' 

* ^ ^ ' •♦ ■ * 

r:ie-cimis Seo. W.- t-^nd be U further enacted, d-c. That so soon as the 

•^■-•■'v' I ' '"''° c^^susor cnnmcration njay be taken, certified, and lovwaMed to 
:i^>hd^cwlo Iiis Excellency the GovtAinbr, such county or counties fv^haltbe 
Su!K/to''^entitle9'to draw an equal portion, accordiriir to fheir white popu- 
t''oii%f t'i!? lation, of the poor scliool fund, appropriated for amnual ^istribu- 
iiad.^^^"'''' tio;i among the several counties in this state. * 

• ■ -^ ^ • 

KS!^: 'S'cc. V, ,flnd be il fiirlhcr enacted, fc. That (he persons ap- 
pplntcd to take the census or enumeration, shall receive the c.om- 
]>en.sa^tioii. and be governed in the ])erlbrmance of their duty, by 

^ ' ' ' ""ly of De 
^, for fakim 
,te, except so much as militates a 
provisions of this act. 



as so aii- 
jiuted. 



► ^ ^ the provisioijs contained in an act passed the tenth day of De 
if cendiar, .eighteen hundred and twQuty-tiiree, providing for talcing 
tbnp W'TKus of this state, except so much as militates against the 



9. AN ACT for the relief of the several counties in Iiks f..?t;y 
in which the commissioners of the poor school fund shall 
liave failed to make their returns in conformity with the law — 
passed December 22.st, 182T — Daw. Com. 43. 

TAv^t er,of ♦Sec. I. Be it enacted, cy-c. That in all cases whcfc the trus- 
Shorrini tecs of anv poor school funds in this state shalljiave failed to- 



FREE SCHOOLS. i 

make their returns in terms of the law, in such cases made and ^,rS,Tay 
providad, they shall he allov/cd to make returns for the. ensuing- ;;;•;;;^:^.;(,r. 
year, embracing- returns for the past year, and that thei-efore they ^T;'!/,;;';,;,!; j 
shall be entitled to receive such sum as they would have been en- dividcuas. 
titled to, ii they had made their returns reijiilarjy. 



10. AN ACT to appoint trustees of the poor school fand in Ap- 
pling county, and vest the fund of Appling county academy 
in the same — passed December 28th, i82G— Dav/. Com. 33. 

<S'ec. I. Be it enacted, 4'C. That the poor school fund set a-fund'^auS 
part for academical ])ui'poses for the county of Appling, be con-EcilooiS. 
sohdated, and the dividends which may hereafter by lav/ be due 
the poor school funds and academjcal fimd of said county, be 
•altogether a poor school fund for said county.* 



11. AN ACT to sell and dispose of lots No. ten and one hund- 
red in the several districts, in the counties of Applhig, Ir- 
win, and Ware, reserved by ihe lottery act, passed fifteenth 
day of December, eighteen hundred and eighteen, for the 
education of poor children — passed December 22d, 1827 — 
Daw. Com. 4.5. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, cj-c. That t\\Q sheriffs of the counties Apr-iiL-.^fc. 
of Appling, Irwin, and Ware, be, and they are hereby authoris- i\u^ io, £ioo. 
ed and required to advertise, and expose to sale, lots number ten 
and one hundred, in the several districts in said counties, in the 
manner and under tlic restrictions that arc prescribed by an act, 
entitled an act to sell and di;}}0?e of the fiiiCLional parts of sur- 
veys of land which remain unsold in the counties of Wahon, &c. 

iSec. II. Be U further enacted, fyc. That the sheriffs afore- ov'(>''ii.!''J|ro- 
said shall pay over and deposit with the Treasurer of said stale, TvV'.smc' 'L 
the proceeds of the sale of said lots, to be by him annexed, andjS'^l.iIooi 
become a part of the poof school fund. *'""^- 

Sqc. III. Beit further cncvcted <J'C. That all laws and partF.riauJc? '' 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re^ 
;aled. 

'^ec. 3, 4, 5, are superseded hj li.c ac; I'f aid DccciuL'jr, u:i. 



10 



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3 



12. AN ACT to authorise the citizens of Baldwm county, t(;^ 
establish conimon schools — passed December .1 3th, 1823— 
Daw. Com. 1 5. 



Common 
echools may 
Ije establish- 
ed in Bald- 
Yvin. 



.S^ec I. BeU enacted, 4^c. That the citizens of Baldwin coun- 
ty shall be authorised to establish common schools in tlie foUow- 



fion, have 
suuerinten 
«iecl 



us^u">£qSt '^ec. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That on the first Monday 
iTh^il ''''^' i^i February eii^hteen hundred and twenty -four, there shall be 
Wd, at the court house, in the town of Milledgevllle, between 
the hours of eight o'clock, A. M. and five o'clock, P. M. an. 
election for five commis.^ioners of common schools. J3ut should 
the election fail on account of the failure of a sufficient number 
of voters to attend, the polls shall again be open on the first Mon- 
day in April ; but in each suqceeding year, the election :^ha^i he 
held on the first Monday in Februar^^ The election shall be 
attended by the same officers who superintend the general eh c- 
tmu thereof. [Jons, and the voters shall possess the same qualifications ; and 
the magistrates superintending the elections, shall make a retuiii 
of the result to the Inferior Court of the comity ; who shall, on 
the next day, or as soon thereafter as prac<icable, examine the 
return ; and if in their opinion, a majority of the voters have at- 
tended and voted, they shall issue a certificate of such opinion to 
the five commissioners liaving the highest number of vote*^, and 
the commiissioners shall be instantly quahlied for the duties of 
their appointment : but this lav/ being once accepted, shall con- 
tinue in force, however small the number of voters at any fu- 
ture election of commissioners. And the certificate of the at- 
tending magistrates shall be recoitied on the books of the com- 
missioners of common scliools, and no further commission siiall 
be required to authorise those so elected to pc^I^lbrm all the du- 
ties of their appointment. The commissioners so elected shall 
■ receive no pay or emolument for their services, but shall be bound 
•icctTthir"^^ accept their appointments under the penalty of 30 dollars each^ 
ki'poiiit- " for non-acceptance, and shall moreover be liable for all damaixes- 
a penalty, which may rcsult Irom neglect or their duties ; out no maiviuua! 
shall be bound to serve more than two years in succession : Pro- 
irvAyhcii'iop- vided, That the citizens of Baldwin county, on failing to adopt 
lucceedT/g this law iu the year eighteen liundred and twenty-four, may do 
^'"^''' so upon the same terms, and in the same manner in any succeed- 
ing year, unless this law shall have been previously repealed by 
ormnybe the Legislature. And the citizens aforesaid shall, on any succeed- 
ing year, be competent to suspend the operation of this law, on 
a majority declaring their wish to do so, by writing on the tickets- 
they give in for county commissioners, the word "no election." 



Commis 
Kionei's to re 
(cive, no nay 



fpciidcd. 



ConntytO SqC. III. 

be 1- 1(1 olf in- 



find he it furlher enacted y ^"C. That the comniis- 
v^sci'.'ooiVis- sioners so elected shall have the following powers and duties ; they 



FREE SCHOOLS. 11 

shall cause the county to be laid off into a suitable number of 
si^hool districts, and shall have power to alter and revise sucli dis- 
tricts in the manner expei ience may render necessary. They s\Zfmay 
sh^]\ levy a county tax, which shall not exceed the general tax \^^(J; *^^"^' 
of the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, and if they think 
proper to raise a smaller amount, it shall be assessed by a given 
rate per cent on the general tax of that year ; and the tax coI-j^k^j^'/o^ 
lector of the county shall be, and he is hereby bound to collect 
tho tax thus assessed, in tliQ same manner that extra taxes have 
T^ecn heretofore collected : and the money thus collected as a 
school fund, shall be paid over to the county treasurer hereinaf- to whoa 
ter appointed, and the collector may retain the same amount of ' 
fees he would be entitled to for collecting a similar amount for 
the state. They shall annually, at their first meeting, or as soon Annimiiy 
thereafter as practicable, appoint a president of their board, a iMe's.'deut! * 
clerk, and a county treasurer, and also three trustees to each xiSsiirei, 
school district, who shall not reside without the district they are r",V^c?^fo 
appointed for. They shall examine mto the quahfications of^^^'^'^^^^^'^'^- 
teachcrs, and none shall be emaployed by the trustees, without 
fu'st having obtained a licence from the board of commissioners ; Teachers fo 
mid no license shall be granted to any teacher, unless of ^'ood ^^ licensed. 
moral character, and suitably qualified ; they may however grant 
a special license to suit the existing state of any district under 
their direction. The board, on giving notice to the individual, 
shall at all times be competent to annul a teacher's Hcense, for 
any reason they may think proper. They shall, collectively or sciioois to 

' »• • 1 11 • -.L 1 T_ 1 X 1 J. • • .1 be visited & 

moividually, visit each school at least once m every six months turectert by 
such school may be kept in operation, and in all things relative to ^oacrs!'"^^' 
the management of such schools, and mode of teaching, the 
trustees and teacher shall be under the control of the board of 
commissioners. They shall particularly notice, and cause to be by^the tSn- 
punished, all failures and omissions on the part of the trustees or Zl^lo^t 
.teachers; and they are considered accountable for the entire ^''"^®'^^'** 
management of the common schools of the county, and all pow- 
ers necessary to the fulfilment of these duties are hereby gran- 
ted. All fines and penalties which ma;y be raised by the pi'ovis- ^ ^^J'^'e^y'l ^» 
ions of this act, shall become a part of ihe school fund ; and ibrschOTiiund! , 
the neglect or omissions of the commissioners, any citizen of the 
county may institute an action on the case, in any court having 
competent jurisdiction thereof. The board of commissioners appS.^*'^ 
fihall payout of the county ii^nd, the whole of the expenses ne- 
cessary to the fulfilment of their functions, and those relating to 
the general interest of the insiitution, and the ballance remain- 
ing they shall pay over to the trustees of each district, in due pro- , 
portion to the children of such district entitled to the benefits of 
the conunoa school. And a majority of the (commissioners shall conr'I^Mm Ij 
ahvays be competent to act as a full l)i;ard, and to fill any vacan- vacanoi'i".' - 
cv which may happen in the board, or in the trustees of any dis- 
trict. 

.- 5fec. IV. BcH further enacted, ^-c. That the clerk of the ti,;?^;ii;if-' 
^ard of comnussioncrs shall keep a true record of all their pix)- 



12 F?tEE schools: 

orcJini^s. lie shall take an oatli for the raithfiil pnrformance of 
hh (]ut?es, before any magistrate qualified to administer thesam; 
-. ^'■."vrof^i^'^ ^^6 books k-ept by him are hereby declared books of pnblit 
theVwo.-as? record, and shall be so received in any court of law or equity in 
tliis state ; and he shall moreover receive and record, in a book 
to be kept for that purpose, all the accounts of cx])e]Klitures 
which may be returned by the district trustees, and sanctioned by 
the board of commissioners ; and the record once n^ade, shall 
forever exonerate the trustees from further liability on account 
of those expenditures. 



to 



Hi? (duties 
and powers. 



T'h'S- ''^fc- ^' Be H further enacted, <?'C. That the county treasurer 
'^" ' '"" " shalU-ive bond to the comnnssioners, for the faithtul performance 
oi: his duties ; he shall receive all school money from the tax- 
collector, and in the event of the collector refusiuij; to pay it over, 
he may issue an execution to raise it, in the same manner a state 
treasurer migh^ do against a delinquent collector ; and the tax 
collector shall take from the county treasurer a receipt for tho 
school money paid him, which receipt he shall return to the clerk 
of the board of commissioners, who shall instantly record it, and 
indorse a certificate of such record on the receipt, and then re- 
tunr it to the collector : and the receipt thus recorded, shall 
stand as a full settlement of the ajnount it specifies. 

Maiechii- ^ec. VI. Be it further euacted, <^'C. That all male white chll- 
\Z'ln7?Md dren between the ages of seven and eighteen years, and all females 
fancies be" of like description, between the ages of six and thirteen years, 
jlS'airen- shall be entitled, as a matter of J'ight, to an equal participation 
lchoUi')T.hip. iu the advantages of the common schcob of the distiicts in which 
they reside. 

vil^J"to'\ltm '^ec. VII. Be itftiriher enacted, tj-r. That Milledgeville shall 
0^ rt'r-tvict, compose only one district, and the commissioners of the acade- 

aaj ouiaiis- S ,i i ■ i i i i i • • 

PH :i.- - of Yi\y j^hall be acknowledared by the county commissioners, as the 
tobetv'.?- trustees of that district ; and the commissioners of raid acade- 
.lisujct. my shall cause an enumeration of all the children within the cor- 
porate limits, entitled to the benefits of this act ; and also of all 
the children residents of \he county, who may be students of the 
academy, and such children shall be numben^d only in the Mil- 
leilgevilie district : and on making a return of the whole number 
to the county commissioners, the sum allowed by this act to such 
nuinbcr of children, shall be paid over accordindy to the com- 
• ni!-sioners of the academ}', who are hereby auihorised and le- 
q'lired to provide for the expenditure of said sum of money iu 
such manner as to allow to each child an equal pioportlon. 

■Vec VIII. Be H fmriher enacted, fyc. That the trustees so ap- 

"nre<l sliall have the following powers, and perform the follow- 

;;. r d.uties : they shall employ teachers, and provide suitable hous- 

t i:-\ for ^he scho'l^ in llieir respective diL^tricts, and each district 

fiiidl bear the expense attending the purchase or rent of such 



FREE SCHOOLS. 13 

}iou?es as they may require. To fuls purpose they arc liercl y 
authorised to raise, a tax not exceedin,'^ two hundred dollars, en 
the inhabitants of this flistriet, each payini^ aceordlni^ to the ra- 
tio of liis state lax, and in the event of non-payment h^- any in- 
dividual, they may issue an execution and cause it to he collec- 
ted in the usual manner, by tlie constable of the district, and 
each individual liable to pay taxes vv-ithin the dis-rict, shall, on 
application of the trustees, or ony one of thein, moke known on 
oath, if required, the amount of his general tax paid to the state 
on tliat or the precedin^:^ year. They shall, out of the money 
received from the county pay for tuition only, except there ore 
children so poor as to be unable to procure the necessary ])oo]{:s 
and stationary, in which qase they shall be supplied out of the 
money allowed to the district in wliich they reside. And the 
trustees aforesaid shall obtain a true account of the number of 
children in their respective ristricis, entitled to the ])enefit3 of 
this institution, and make a return of the number to the ccr.uty 
clerk within one month after the time they rre notified of 
their appointment, and should they rieii;lect to make a retum, 
or make areturnoffigreaternumber of children than reside v/ith- 
in their districts, they shall, for every such offence forfeit tlie sum 
of ten dollars, and each additional child £0 fraudulently 
returned, shall be considered a separate offence : Provided, 
the trustees of each district shall have power to unite the 
funds allotted to the district with thofc raised by any number of 
indfviduals, or academy within their limits, or by permission of 
the county commissioners, by any academy or private' school in 
their neighborhood. They shall, in tlie absence of the board of 
commissioners have tlie entire control of the school, which shall 
in every year terminate by the twentieth of December, They 
shall, in the last week in December, in each and every year, 
make a true return of all their proceeding's (particularly their 
expenditures) to the county clerk. 

Sec. iX. Bait further enacted, ^^c. Thafthe trustees so or- iJ„7;-S,j 
jT^anize'd, empowered, and constituted, shall be a body corporate, 
so far as co own property, and receive such donations as may be 
made to the school of the district, and also to commence and de- 
fend such suits in lav/ as they may find necessary for tlieir de- 
fence or advantai^c, ai^d in the event of their neglect of duty, 
they shall be liable in their individual capacity to answer indara-^■iiit.^^)rne 
age to the county commissioners, before any tribunal having cog- ornV'ilsurta 
nizanceof the case, and they shall moreover be boimd to serve '''"^"'" 
when appomted, uader the penalty of ten dollars for each re- 
fusal. 



14 FREE SCHOOL; 



13. AN ACT to Tcst the poor school fund of the county of - 
ChViham, in the Savannah free school society — passed De- 
cember 20th, 1824 — Daw. Com. 22. 

j=rTooid '^^^- ^- ^^ **^* cyiciited, c^-:. That from and after the passage o£ 

tobe' ni^'' ^'^^^^ ^^*' ^^^'"^ ^^^^^ ^^ portion ol" the poor school fund as would, 

vo the direr- under the provisions of the lav>rs of this state, be pavable to the 

Frces.^K.i.1 trustees to be appointed lor that purpose by the justices oi the 

Savannah 4 Inferior court of Chatham county, be paid by his Excellency the 

Governor, to the directresses of the free school society of *9a- 

rraiu^ ^ '"^^ vannah, for the use of said school ; and that sum or portion be 

drawn for in the manner directed by the fourth section of an act 

passed the twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight 

hundred and twenty-three, entiiled, an act to alter and amend an 

act passed the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight 

hvmdred and tvrcnty-two, to distribute the bank dividend and oth- 

€r nett proceeds of the poor school fund, among the dilTerent 

counties in this state. 

^t^S^ "" -S^ec. II. Be it furlher enacted, ^-c. That the directresses of 
said free school shall be, and they are hereby required to make> 
annual reports, throu.oh the senator of the county of Chatham, 
of the s'ate and condition of said school to the ^Senatus Academi- 
cus, accordins^ to the provisions of the act of the twenty-third 
December, one thousand eight hundred and twentv-two,^ 



14. AN ACT to be entitled an act to consolidate the academi- 
cal and poor school fund set apart for Decatur county, and^ 
the same become a poor school fund — passed December 
27th 1S2G— Daw. Com. 32. 

AC|UierRicai ^^g. I. Be it enacted, <§»c. That immediately after the passage 
part of the of this act, thc academical fund set apart tor Decatur county, and 

poor school , 1 1 /> 1 ,-• 1 1 11 • 1 ' ■ 1 

lund. the poor school tund lor the same, be, and tne same is iiereby 
set apart and consolidated, and become a poor school fund fw 
said county, t 



' Sec. 3 is superseded by the act of 20d December. 182". 
' La'-ter part of t'ue section superseotd by the same acj 



VV.Et SCHCOLS. 15 



15. AN ACT to consolJuate the acjideiiiical and poor school 
At. li of the county of Doolv — passed December -ith, 1827. 
Da\v. Com. 42. 



*S'ec. I. Be it enacted, <^'C. That from and afierthe passap:e cf„,Jli 



The acade- 
. t.; I .e r*"'Or 



"this act, the fund set apart ana known as the academy fund for ^^..ociiuud. 
the coanty of Dooly, Jiall no longer be known as a juiid for that 
jrurpose, but shall be attached to. and become a part of the poor 
school fund for said county. 

^S'ec. II. Be it further ena'^ted, &:. That it shall be the duty of JS^f' 
the trustees of said academy, to pay over a'l moneys or other cf- [^:^fgf^^.%^" 
fects belonging to said ^^cademy, into the liands of the trustee of l^^'*'^^^^- 
the poor school fund of said county, and by them to be applied 
to the education of the poor, agreeable to the lavv^ already in 
for-ce. 

/S'ec. III. Be it farther enicted, ^-c. That the trustees as afore- ^^^^^p^/I^J* 
said ^Jiall make application, and receive frcm hnie to time, any Y^J^'^'^ 
money in the treasury, which may be set apart for the Dooly ^^^-^y- 
county academy. 

»9ec. IV. Be 'i further enaMcd, <§-^. That all laws and parts .ij^^*;^"^ 
of laws militating agauist this act, be, and the same arc hereby 
repealed. 



16. AN ACT to authorise the trustees and ccmmissiotiers or' 
E.nanud ciunty academy, to establi.^h fier. j^chools insaid 
county — passed December 20tb, 1824 — Daw. Com. 22. 

*9ec. I. Be:t ena'-Jed, S^'C. That the trustees ai;id commission- ^^"[Jj"'^;.^^ <:'f 
ers of Emanuel county academy are hereby authcri-cd to ap- '■'/>• i^'^- 
propiiaie all or any part of money which may be in hand, be- ^-^i"^':'^'^^ 
longing to said academy, to the establishing of free schools, not 
to exceed four at any place or places in said county, as the said 
tni-tees and commissioners may think proper: and they are 
hereby authorised to employ one teacher lor each school. 

.Sec. II. Be tffrther enacted, <?t. That no child or childrrn -n.iucnn.^ 
shrii- iecfive their tuition graiis ; arrl any money which may aris- '^^l ^"'*'*' 
from the tuition of children sent tp these scjiocls, iiUall go to the 
ijuppe-' '>' lh<' ' 



10 FREE SCnCOLa 

inav"to'o[i '^^^^ III- ^^ U further enacted, ^^c. That tlie said trustees and 

lui.cc, coinmissioners of said academy, or a iiiajoiity ol' ihern, shall 

have ])ower to adopt such ndes and reg'ulatioiis, as may be by 

them thought most conducive to the iiiicre.-.t and prosperity oi* 

said schools. 



S.Sox'.i-e ^^.^- ^^^' ^^ it further enacted, cfo That it shall be the du- 
ty Gi one or more of the tiustees or commissioners, to visit the 
scliools at least once in two ;nonihs, find report upon the condi- 
tion oi' the said school?, to the general board. 



ir !\V() 



Sli;il! J;U1 



Sec. V. Be it farther enacted, ^;c. That tiie trustees and 
f.n.rinMm'''' commissioners shall purchase such books and paper, as the chil- 
S^^l'"" ^'"'' ^''^^ "^^^y ^^^11^ v/hile at school, and pay lor the same out of thcr 

money belonging- to said institution, any lav/ or usa^je to the con- 

traiT iiotwithsiandlng-. 



17* AN ACT to consolidate and add that part of the funds here- 
tofore set a^oait for the support of county academies, to the 
poor school fund, so far as i-espects the county of Emanuel 
— passed December 22d, 1829 — Daw. Com. b^. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, Sy-c. That from ai:d immediately after 
the passage of this act, that part of the.funds heretofore set apart 
ioJr school for the suppcMft of the county academies, so far as respects the 
county of Emanuel, be jon.<olidated, added to, and become a 
part of the poor school fund of said county, subject in every res- 
pect to the laws nov/ in force on the subject, any lav/ to the con- 
trary notwiihstanuing*. 



Ara.lemy 
fjiiiil <)( K- 
in:unul iiJ.J 
fil to the 



is. AN ACTio authorize the agents appointed by the commis- 
sioners of the (rcc stdiool of Emanuel county, to loan out 
the funds of saitl schools, to call on all those persons who 
have borrowed of said funds, to renew their notes, or pay 
the amount due on said notej — ^passed December 23d, 1330-^ 
Pamphlet of 1S30, p. 3. 

(S,tS7o^he *^^^- I- ^^ ^^ enacted, i^-c. That from and immediately after 

the passage of this act, the airciit apnointed by the connnission- 



rn (• f*-hon\ 



FREE SCHOOLS. if 



ftianuel, 
to renew 



ers of the free schools of Emanuel county to loan out the free 
school funds, is hereby required to advertise at the court house i*;^;f;;;if 
in said county, requesting all persons indebted to said fund to debt. 
come forward and renew their notes, or pay the amount due. 

Sec. II. Beit further enacted, ^c. That if any person who. f"^^''^. 
is indebted to said fund, shall neglect or refuse to comply with gainst those 
the notice as aforesaid given, in that case the agent is required to t^ renew^*^ 
proceed to collect the same by law, and when collected, to be o^pay^^^^^' 
by said agent paid over to the Inferior court of said county, for 
the purposV of Educating the poor children of said county, and 
said agent shall be allowed five per cent for all the money collec- 
ted and paid over by him, and on the amount of all notes renew- 
ed : Provided : That nothing herein contained shall be so con- 
strued as to exempt from any legal liabilities^ which any former * 
commissioner or commissioners, trustee or trustees, or any oth- 
er person may have incurred in the management of the poor 
school or academy fund of said county of Emanuel : any law 
tp the contrary notwithstandmg. 



19. AN XCT to authorise the commissioners of Glynn acade- 
my to establish free schools in said county — passed Decem- 
ber 22d, 1823— Daw. Com. 17. 

iS^ec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That Robert Hazlehurst and James 
Hamilton Couper, be, and they are hereby appointed commis- May ent- 
sioners of the Glynn county academy, in addition to those al- mrfunrts*in 
I'eady in office, and they are hereby authorized to appropriate all two flea '"^ 
or any part of the money which may be in hand, belonging to ^'^^^^^^^ 
said academy, to the establishing of two free schools, one in the 
twenty-sixth district, at or about William Hugstons ; and one in 
the twenty-seventh district, at any place the commissioners may 
think proper ; and they are authorized to employ one teacher for 
each school. 

Sec, II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That no child or chil-^^NodiUdto 
dren shall receive their tuition erratuitouslv, whose parents pav ^'^" ^'^'^^'^• 

. ji, a1*x-. 1 !•! *• wlKise pa- 

two aollars as tneir state tax : ana any moneys which may arise rents pay a 

from the tuition of children sent to these schools, shall go to theiouaK.^''*^ 

support of said schools. 

5fec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the operation of ,f^ffS, 
Glynn county academy shall cease after the time expires, for "^y lo ccasc:. 
Avhich the prcscsit teacher may be employed, until the funds of 

3 



18 FREE SCHOOLS, 

said institution shall so increase, as to enable the commissronerl 
to carry into ctFect the above named free schools. 



Comrais- 

{5;oiier; to a- 
doi)t ruks. 



Sec. IV. Be It further enacted, ^c. That the commissioners of 
said academy ::hail ha.ve full power to ado])t such lu^cs and regu- 
lations as may be by them thought to be most conduci\^e to the 
interest of said schools. 

^ »S'ec. V. Be it further enacted^ ^e. That one or more of said 
commissioners sliail visit the schools once in two nrnirhs, and re- 
port the condiion lof the schools, and situation oi ths children to 
the general board. ' 

Ana pur- Sec, YII, Be it further enacted. &^c. That the commissioners 

cna%e books i i i i i i m i 

tindiiapers yhail purcliase SUCH books and paper as the childion niay want, 
while at school ; and pay for the same out of the mi>ney belong- 
in"- to said institution. 



To visit 
(he .=chools 
once in t.vo 
months. 



for the chiL 
(hen 



'O 



IJfpeaiing gcc. Vin. Be it further enacted, S^c, That all laws and part* ^ 
of laws militating agahist this act, be, and the same are hereby 
repealed. 



disuse, 



20. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of 
Glynn county to se!i the academical building of said co\k^\i\\ 
and to appropriate the proceeds thereof to the education of 
the poor, and other county purposes — passed Decembei: 
21st, 1829-— Daw. Com. 56, 

i-Jurt^'idihc- Sec. I. Be it enacted, 4'C. That the inferior court of Glynn, 
thTlrademy couuty is hereby authorised and empowered to sell and dis[)ose 
luiiding: of the academy building of said county, at public sale, to ihe 
highest and best bidder, having first caused notice of such sale to 
be published in some public gazette, and at three or more pub- 
lic places in the county, for thirty days ; and the said court is t'ur- 
Slippiiea. ther authorised to apply the proceeds of said sale to the educa* 
tion of the poor children of said county, and for other county- 
purposes. 



'; first part is tetnporary .- also the 6Ui section is temporary. 



FREE SCHOOLS. 19 



21. AN ACT to repeal the seventh section of an act, passed the 
twcrity-seconJ Dfcemher, eighteen hundrfd and twc^nty- 
eight, for the better distribution and application of the poor 
sch<>oIlund, and to point out the mode of accountin<^ for 
the disbursement of the academ.y and poor school funds, so 
far as respects the county of Habersham — passed Decem- 
ber 22d, 1829— Daw. Com. 56. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, (f-:. That the seventh section of ijne be- 



SevontU 
section of 

fore recited act, be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far asp^'^'''^''''- 



respects the county of Habersham. 



pealed. 



»S*ec. n. Be it further enacted, ^c. That so soon as the com- ^^y^^^'^'J^^ 



favor of the 
tniKtce, 
wljcn to be 



inissioners or trustee of the poor school fund of the county of 
Habersham shall comply with the provisions of the before re-cUiiwrir 
cited act, that then his Excellency shall be authorised to draw 
his warrant on the treasury, in favor of the trustee as aforesaid, 
subject to his personal application, or a written order for the 
sums due said county signed by said trustee, and attested by one 
of thn presiding justices of the Inferior Court of the county of 
Ilabersh^im, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



22. AN ACT to appoint trustees for the poor school fund in 
Houston county and vest the fund of the Houston county 
academy in the same — passed December 26th, 1826 — Daw. 
Com. 39. -- 

Sec. 1 . Be it enacted, tj-c. That the poor school fund, and fnnJ afei 
the fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of 'Ji',J[j/f^i 
Houston, be consolidated, and the dividends which hereafter may 
by law be due tj^e poor school and academical fund, be alto- 
gether a poor school fund for said county.* 






8, 3, 4, 5, are superseded ty the act of !j2d Dcf ember, iS'i3. 



I 



30 FREE SCHOOLS, 



23. AN A CT to authorise and require the trustee of the poof 
school fund of the county of Houston, to pay to the com- 
missioners of the Academy at Perry, and the commission-' 
ers of the Flint River Academy, a certain portion of the 
Academy funds of said county — passed December 23, 1830 
— -Pamph. of 1830, p. 11. 

mtSotr Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That the trustee of the poor schooj 
aMdemy '^ fuud of Houstou couuty, is authoriscd and required to pay over 
academy^at ^o the Order of the commissioners of the academy situate at Per- 
Perry: yy^ in thc couuty of Houston, the sum of one hundred dollars, 
to be by them expended in repairing said academy building ; out 
of the academy fund that said trustee may drav^r from the trea- 
sury, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty one. 

and a part to Scc. U. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustee of the 
lerSade-^'poor school fuud of the county of Houston, be, and he is here- 
"^' by authorised and required to pay over to the order of the Flint 

River Academy, in the county of Houston, one half of the aca- 
demy fund, annually, until he shall have paid them the sum of 
two hundred and fifty dollars. 

famnffo ^^^' ^^^' ^^ it further enacted, ^c. That should the trustee 

e^'^ unisH ^^ ^^^ P*^^^ school fund refuse or neglect to comply with the pro- 

8 puns e -^-gj^^g q£ ^i^jg ^^^^ when j-roperly called upon, on complaint to 

the Inferior Court, said court are hereby authorised to proceed 

against said trustee, as for contempt. 



M. AN ACT to be entitled an act to add that part of the' 
funds heretofore set apart fcr the support of county acade- 
mies, to the free school fund, so far as respects the counties 
of Irwin, Telfair, and Ware — ^passed December 24, 1825— 
Daw. Com. 29. 

Ajaderay Scc. I. Bc it enacted, ^c. That from and after the passage. 

ftfrand ^' of tWs act^ that part of the undrawn funds heretofore set apart 

tJJu.epl'!)?'*for the support of the county academies, so far as respects the 

•chooifuni counties of Telfair and Ware, be added to, and become a part of 

the free school fund, subject in every respect to the laws now m 

force on the subject, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 

Academy Sec. II. Be it farther enacted, fyc. That all the funds hereto- 
S adaed »o foie sct apart for the academy of the county of Irwin, be added 



FREE SCHOOLS. 21 

to the free school fund of said county, subject in every rocpcct,^g^fJ;*2,jnj,^ 
to the laws now in force.* 



25. AN ACT to lay off the county of Jackson into school dis- 
tricts — ^passed December 19th, 1827 — Daw. Com. 46. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, fyc. That from and after the passage J^^f^^^^^^ 
of this act, the county of Jackson shall be divided into eleven i^i^ off imu 

•* eleven 

school districts, and the said districts shall have the same lunits pc.hooi di*- 
of, and be disticguished by, the present captain's districts in said 
county, f 



26. AN ACT to vest the funds of the Lowndes county acade- 
my, in trustees of the poor school fund of said county—.' 
passed December 27th, 1826-— Dav/. Com. 37. 

Sec. L Be it enacted, ^-c. That the poor school fund, and ^af SSr- 
fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of Lowndes, g^JJJi'f^Q. 
be consolidated, and the dividends which may hereafter be due 
the poor school and for academical purposes for the county of 
Lowndes, be consolidated, and the dividends which may hereaf- 
ter be due the poor school or academical fund of said county, 
be altogether a poor school fund for the county aforesaid, t 



27. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of Mcintosh coun- 
ty academy to establish one or more schools for the educa- 
tiofJi of poor children — passed December 20th, 1823 — Daw. 
Com. 18. 

Sec. L Be it enacted, ^c. That from and after the passing of commfc- 
this act, the commissioners of Mcintosh Academy, be, and they S my au* 
are hereby authorised to establish one or more free schools, in^SfsV* 



lice schools. 



* Sec. 3, in repealed by the act of 26th Dccembor, 1826. 

♦Sec, «, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are .superpederl by the act of -iSd December, 1829. 

r€e5, 1^ », 4, $, ate sufejcsedwi b/ (he act of Tti. Oaocmber, i8M» 



Kenealiiig 



FRBE SCHOOLS. 

the coimt3% as appendages of said -academ)^; and the paid free 
schools to discontinue and renew, as they, or a majority of them, 
from time to time may think proper. 

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, (J-c. That all laws and parts of 
law^ militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re- 
pealed. 



28. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act to authorise the 
connnissioners of IMcIntosh county academy to establish 
one or more schools for the education of poor children — 
passed December 23d, 1830— Pamphlet of 1830, p. 10. 

v:iu(mera- Sec. I. Bc it enacted, ^c. That from and after the passing of 
«ia"e"f poor this act, an enumeration shall be made by the justices of the 
w'riand-, peace, for the upper sand-hill district of cTl/cIntosh county, of 
)i4ii district : ^jjg number of children of poor persons in that district, and make 

a return thereof to the commissioners of the academy of Mc- 
a portion of lutosh couuty, who, on receiving the same, shall cause to be paid 
na?fim.uT'' over to William Baggs, Jourdan Ryals, and John O'Berry, a 
com^i- *^"^ "ot less than one tenth, nor more than one iburth, of the 
<2^s- clear income of said academy, arising from rents, and debts deri- 

'^ ved to that institution from the sale of lots in Darien, originally 

granted to the said academies, which said sum shall be paid ans- 

nuaily, between the 1st of January, and the 1st of April, in each 

year. 

Teacher to Scc. II. Be It farther cuacted, cy-c. That the said commisslon- 
^^^^ ers and their successors in oflice, shall cause the said sum to be 

laid out in paying a teacher of the said poor children in the said 
and to go sandhill district, but said teacher shall not teach school more than 
pS!" "^"^ ^° three months at one time, at any school house in said district, but 

shall go round, and teach in different parts, say not less than fbur^ 

in each year in the aforesaid district. 

^^inj^j^e of Sec. III. Be it farther enacted, ^'C. That on the death, refu- 
coiunii.^sion- sal to serve, or removal of the aforesaid commissioners, it shall 
('ultr"cttan bc the dutv of one or more of the justices of the peace in said 
bSdV° district, to give ten days notice, and proceed to hold an election 

in the same, for a commisjiioner to fill the place of those who may 

not act as aforesaid, and report his actings and doings to the 
an(irept)rt- commissioners of the academy of Mcintosh county, which said 

commissioners sliall incorporate the same in their report, to the 

>S'c^atu3 Acadcraicus. 

^jW^^i'nj Sec. IV. Be it fn-'her enacted, ^c. That all laws, acts, and 
and partR of acts that raiiitate a^:ainst this act, be, and they bere^ 



by are repealed. 



Ara'lemy 



FREE SCHOOLS 



2d. AN ACT to consolidate the poor school and academical 
lund ibr the county of Montgomery — passed December 
i9th, 1829— Daw. Com. 57. 

Sec, I. Be it enacted, <5'C. That fi'om and after the pas^mg f„„.i adrd 
of this act, the fund set apart and known as the academy ft»iid J.^j^^i.e^i^'^'li;,. 
for the county of Montgomery, shall no lons^^M^ be known as a 
fu;id for that purpose, but shall be attached to, and become a 
part of the poor school fund of said county. 

*Sec. IF. Be U further enacted, &c. That it shall be the duty .conlmi^.- 
01 the commissioners ol said academy to i)ay over ail money or' t'eaiademr 
other efl'ects belongint^ to said academy, into (he hands of the nie money 
sole trustee for the poor school fund for said count}', and to be 
by him applied to the education of the poor, agreeably to the pro- luud 
visions of the law. 



the tm.- 
fee eft ho . 
}ioor bohcul 



*S^cc. III. Be it further enacted <?-c. That the aforesaid trus- 'r"'step to 

1 ,1 , ' . T . ^ • • receive the 

tee shall make application, and receive from time to time, any aciuiemioui 
moneys in the treasury,' which may be set apart lor the Montgo- tuu ircasuiy. 
mery county academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^c. That all laws and parts FercaUny 
of laws militating against this act, be, and they are hereby re- ^^''^^^*-' 
pealed. 



30. AN ACT to vest the funds of the Tattnall county academy 
in the trustees of the poor school fund — passed December 
2Gth, 1826.— Daw. Com. 32. 

»Sfec. I. Be it enacted, t^c. That the poor school fund and 
the fund set apartfor academical purposes for the county of Tatt ^, .„,„,. ,^ 
nail, be consoUdated, and the dividends which hereafter may by ^"|''£V;jJJj^ 
law be due the poor school fund and academical fund for said'"^'""" 
county, be altogether a poor school fund for said county.* 



Arndeni 
ral Iniid 



Wcc. 2, 3, 4, 5, ato superseded by tha act of ajd Decciiificr, leaq. 



21 FREE SCHOOLS. 



To add the academy fund of Telfair, to the poor school func^ 
— Bee No. 20. 



31. AN ACT to vest the fund of Ware county academy in th6 
trustees of the poor school fund — passed December 2Sdr 
182G.-— Daw. Com: 31, 

Afadcmi- 'S^^c. I. Be- it enacted, ^c. That the poor school fund and 

ttanS??reci ^^^ ^^^^ ^et apart for academical purposes for the county of Ware, 

Khooiiund. ^^ consolidated, and the dividends which hereafter may be due 

* the poor school and academical funds for said county, be alto^ 

gether a poor school fund for the county of Ware aforesaid,* 



» Sec. 2, 3, 4, 5, are superseded by the act cf 22cl December. H2^;^ 



ACADEMIES, 



■k^2. AN ACT to point out the mode under which property re- 
verting to the »State,- shall be disposed of-^passed December 
20th, 1792— Pr. Dig. 102. 

^ec. VII. Whereas by several resolutions and acts of the Le- 
gislature, the several counties in this ^S^tate were entitled to re- 
ceive out of the confiscated property, the sum of one thousand 
pounds each, for the encouragement of pubhc schools ; hut that 
several of the counties so entitled, have not received such dona- 
tion : 

Be it further enacted, ^c. That each and every county in the tySenS^ 
State, which has not received such donation, the commissioners JompSe'* 
of the public academy of such county, (or their agents to be by ^jP||^^''*|J;^„. 
them legally appointed) be at liberty to purchase at any sales of san^pounOi^. 
confiscated property intended by this act, the sum of one thou^ 
sand pounds : Provided, That in cases Where such coxmty has 
received any part or portion of such donation, that such sum so 
received, shall be deducted, and the purchase shall be admitted 
only for the ballance.* 



j.J. AiS ACT to \iUthorise the commissioners of academies to 
complete the purchase of one thousand pounds — passed De- 
cember 8th, 1810— Pr. Dig. 420. 

>S*ec. I. Belt enacted, ^yc. That the commissioners of the se- ^^^^^^:^^{ ^, 
Veral county academies in this state, or their agents, who have not ^ ^demies 
kcretofore received one thousand pounds worth of confiscated • ^use one 
property, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to purchase at poundTv:.]- 
any sales of confiscated property, to the amount of one thousand ""itclproper- 
pounds for each county, and the commissioners for selling con- '^' 
fiscated property are hereby authorised to receive their i)ids to 
the above amount, and to make sufficient titles to them for the 
same, and their successors in office, 

iS'ec. U. Be it further' enacted, t^r. That where the commis- ToreQeive 
sioners of any of the county academics as aforesaid, have here-'^^''' ' 



"l^t^mh^: par^3 of i\ijn ayt roIUtc tooUtor su»(iear,. 

4 



36 ACADEMIES. 

tofore become purchasers of any confiscated propert)-, eitlier 
by themselves or agents, the said commissioners of confiscated 
property are hereby authorised and required to make titles for 
the same, to them and their successors in office, as well as for all 
other property which they or any of them, may hereafter pur- 
chase at such sales: Provided nevertheless. That if any commis- 
sioners so purchasing, or having purchased at such sales, having 
heretofore received any part of the one thousand pounds, as al- 
lowed by the before recited act, that in that case they shall only 
receive such sum as will in all make the suiji of one thousand 
pounds, as aforesaid. ., 



A.N ACT for the permanent endowment of Academies — See 
No. 3. 



34. AN ACT to exempt from faxation the real estate belonging 
to the academies of this state — passed December 18th, 
1820— Daw. Com. 5. 

iS'ec. I. Be it enacted, ^"C, That from and immediately after 

Real es. the passing of this act, all the real estate belonging to, or attach- 

demies ex" cd to the different academies of this state, shall be exempt from 

tSiQji."^ taxation, together Avith all such academies as may hereafter be 

established, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstandin| 



I 



35. AN ACT to compel persons holding academy I'unds in their 
hands, to pav interest in certain cases — passed December 
20th, 1824— Daw. Com. 22. 

iS^ec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That all and every person or per- 

hoS? aca. sons, who now has, or hereafter may have, in his or their hands, 

S'leiopS any money belonging to academies, other than the trustees of said 

^nteresr'^^' academies, or persons entitled by law to have the same, which 

has arisen from the sales of confiscated property or otherwise, 

shall pay at and after the rate of twenty per cent, per annum, un- 



ACADEiMIES. 27 

til they shall have settled and paid the same to the trustees of a- 
cadeniies, or other persons entitled by law to have and receive 
the same. , . 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, A-c. That any person or n^r- Trustees 

1,1,, ••■' . n -^T refusing to 

sons, whether trustees, commissioners, or agents of any acade- pay over, 
my in this state, who shall refuse, when required by a majority thSl'^in- 
of the trustees or commissioners of said academy, to pay over '"^''' 
to the treasurer or other person appointed by said commissioners 
or trustees as aforesaid, within ten days after demanded, all sums 
belonging to said academies in their hands, shall bie liable to pay 
the same interest, until paid, as persons in the ^.rst section of 
this act are subjected to, for holding funds, unaccounted for, any 
law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



AN ACT to distribute certain funds among the several 
counties in the state, for the use of Academies, and to pro- 
vide a method of obtaining further information concerning 
endowments heretofore granted — passed December 23d, 
1822~Daw. Com. 11. 



Certain di 



ted among 
counties. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That the dividends which have -...a... >. 
been declared upon the bank stock heretofore set apart for the b^d'smiu- 
endowment of county academies, and also all moneys now in the Ihe """"" 
treasury, which have arisen under the several laws of this state, 
upon the subject of escheats and of confiscated reverted proper- 
ty, be, and the same are hereby directed to be divided among the 
several counties of this state, in the following manner, to-wit 



That each county shall have an equal part of the sum to be dis- SlstXtu 
tributed, until each shall have received two thousand dollars, 
including the amount already received in cash or in conliscated 
property, calculating the confiscated property at the rate of one 
eighth of the amount given for the same : aiter which each coun- 
ty sliall have a distributive share of the funds arising, in propor- 
tion to the representation from each county. 

Sec. II. Beit further enacted, <J-c. That in counties where ^^^[^ere^ 
there are more than one incorporated a ademy, the application "'^'^'^^''e 
shall be by the trustees, commissioners, and superintendents, joint- b^'amded 
ly, who shall divide the amount received, in such manner, as shall 
be reasonable and just, having regard to population, and the usu- 
al number of scholars educated in said academies. 

Sec. III. Beit further enacted, ^c. That in counties in which w.,Pr. 
there are no academies, and iji which rhe censu.- may hnve been 'S .Tit'"' 
t^ken as aforesaid, the inferior courts of said counties' respective 



cadt 
thf inlerlor 
Murt to 



g-^ ACADEMIES, 

draw he di- Ur ijave power to flraw the proportion which said colmtics may 
'^'''"" have a right to claim under^this act, to be by them applied to the- 
purposes of education in said counties. 

counties ^^^ ^y j5g it further enacted, ^c. That none of the counties 
Se"any . ^yhich mav receive any dividend under the provisions of this act, 
deml'untu ■ g^^ll be entitled to receive any portion of the dividends hereaf- 
SJTre- ter to be declared upon the stock aforesaid, until they shall have 
S t^'et made a full and accurate report, setting forth the amount received 
''''''■ by said counties in confiscated property or otherwise, by way oi 
endowment of their county academies. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That any commissioners, 

trustees, superintendents, or inferior courts, who may receive any 

S^rthe benefits mider the provisions of this act, shall keep a j ust and 

teSus^o?* accurate account of the manner in which the same may be dis-. 

lelS^ bursed and applied, and shall make report thereot amiiiall^^' 

through the Senatus Academicus to the Legislature. 



Trustees of academies to transmit annually two accounts, by 
the senator of the county, one for the governor, and one for the 
Senatus Academicus. 

Trustees making a full report hereafter, entitled to draw tbe 
dividends in arrear. 

Warrant to issue on their personal application, or written or- 
der. Where there is more than one academy in any county, and 
any of them fail to make returns, those who do make returns, 
entitled to the whole dividend. 

Inferior courts may appropriate surplus funds to county aca- 
deinies — SeCr No. 5. 



The governor authorised to make distribatioTi of the academic 
fund, retaining for those counties which haye not made a return 
of the census — -Sec No. 7. 



ACADEMIES. 29 



37. AN ACT for the appointment of commissioners of acade- 
mies, &c.— passed December ISth, 1816 — Pr. Di-. 122. 

Sec. I. Be H enacted, S^^c. That from and after the passing of ,.j;«n;f;fj 
this act, the appointment of commissioners of academies in thi ■ ':^^^'^^^ 
state, shall be, and is hereby vested^ in the commissioners oi <<i^- 
■the respective academies.* 



of a' 

s 

oiu- 



Academical |und of Appling added to the poor school fund- 
fee No. 10. • 



38. AN ACT to incorporate and appoint trustees for the Wash** 
ton academy in the county of Talbot ; the Hamilton acade- 
my in Harris county ; the Social Circle academy in Walton 
county ; the Flint River academy in Houston county ; the 
Marion county academy ; the Meriwether county academy; 
and the Byron academy, of the county of Baker — uassed 
December 22d, 1828— Daw. Com. 53. 

Sec I. Be if enacted, ^c. That John P. Blackman, iSWuel ^^Tmstc^^ o- 
G. Leach, Thomas G. Bugg, Henry Mimms, William McMurry, academy, rr 
H. R. Ward, William Goss, and their successors in office, are 
hereby appointed trustees of Washington academy in Talbot 
county ; 

And that Allen Lawhon, William C. Osborn, John J. *Slatter, ^JSyS' 
George W. Rogers, Daniel Hightower, Thomas Mahone, John Hams? 
J. Harper, H. J. Harwell, and >Samuel A. Billing, and their suc- 
cessors in oflice, are hereby appointed trustees of Hamilton aca- 
demy, in Harris county ; , 

And that_ Wilson Whatley, Joseph Peoples, Wildon Jone^, 2fel°clfilS' 
James Phillips, and Elisha Henderson, and their successors in "^^^*^'^*'* 
otiice, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Social 
Circle academy, in Walton county ; 

And that Jacob Dunn, Kennedy Dennard, William N. L. of riint nr- 
C rocker, John Stapler, and Walter L. Campbell, and their sucM.rHmlS 



The othgr pute oi this aict leUte. to a diCef cat sut^CcW 



30 



ACADEMIES. 



of Marion 

c-ivnty aea- 
(iciny ; 



of Mori- 
wet hrr conn 
ty acailemy; 



of Byron a- 

<-arieniy in 
Baker : 



Sail' tnistces 

iiKorpora- 

tcU. 



their ^tyle: 



mny sue and 
be sued ; 



make bye- 
laws ; 

liaye a com 
nion sclife 
pov t-r of ap- 
{joiiitiRent. 



ccssors in ofilce, arc hcrcb}^ appointed trustees of Flint River a- 
cadcniv, in Houston county ; 

And that William B. Brooks, Joseph C. Brooks, William 
Wills, John R. Seniore, and AViley WiHianis, and their success- 
ors in otfice, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the 
Marion county academy ; 

And thiit H. W. Ector, Alfred We Iborn, John L. Jones, Abra- 
ham Ragan, and James A. Perdu*^, and their successors in office, 
be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Meriwether 
county academy ; ' 

And that Younj^ Allen, l?amiiel Howard, ^Stafford Long;, Tho- 
mas Brewner, Thomas Porter, Isaac Welch, and Robert Har- 
die, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby ap- 
pointed trustees of the Byron academy, of the county of Baker. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, i^-c. That the said trustees, 
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared 
to be, a body politic and incorporate, by the name and style of 
the trustees of the several academies before mentioned ; and as 
such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead 
and be impleaded, and shall be authonscd to make such bye- 
laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of 
of said academies : Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant 
to the constitution and laws of this state ; and for that pui-pose 
may have and use a connnon seal, and appoint such officers as 
they may think proper, and remove the same from office. 



Way hold 
property. 



Sec. III. t^nd be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trus- 
tees of the before mentioned academies, shall be capable of ac- 
cepting and being invested with all manner of projierty, both 
real and personal; all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and 
immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said institutions, 
or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them and 
their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the pro- 
per benefit and behoof of the said academies, severally. 



VapAories 
toow tilled. 



Sec. IV. Be it furtJier enacted, ^^c. That when any vacancy 
shall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or 
more of the trustees of said academies, the survivors Or a ma- 
jority of thpm, shall fill the same in such manner as ijiay be poin- 
ted out by the bye-laws of said academies. 



ACADEMIES. H 



39. AN ACT to authorise ^he commissioners of Baldv/in coun- 
t}^ academy to sell and convey six lofs in the town of Mil- 
l^dgeville, lor ihe benefit of said academy — passed Decem- 
ber, 18th, 1816— Lam. DiV 14. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted. d-'C. That from and after the passini? of commissiwi- 
this act, it shall and may be lawful tor the comm>3Sioners oi the earo seii six 
Baldwin academy, or their successors in office, to sell, dis- ieageviue. 
pose of, and convey, (aOer giviii?^ sixty days notice,) six one 
acre lots in the town of MiHeOai-nvine, out of the number of those 
not heretofore disposed of, for the benefit of the academy afore- 
said. 



40. AN ACT to convey to the t^Mistees of the MilTedgeville a^ 
cademy, four lots of ground — passed May 16th, 1821-— 
Daw. Com. 6. 

*S'ec. I. Be it enacted, iffc. That the square of lots, number a square of 
sixty-nine, in the town of Milledgeville, be, and the same is here- lecf^evme set 
by conveyed to the tl'ustees of the Milledgeville academy, and academy.*" 
their successors in office, to be held, improved, and used by them, 
as a site for an academy, and for no other purpose. 

<S^ec. II. Be it further enacted, c^-c. That whenever said lots J^,";^^;'^;!!;^ 
herein conveyed, shall be abandoned by said tnistees, for the pur- w'thesiato .• 
poses aforesaid, they shall revert to, and become the property of 
the state. 



41. AN ACT to incorporate Corinth academy in Baldwin coun-^, 
ty — passed December 14th, 1826. — Daw. Com. 41. 






Sec. I. Beitenackd, ^c. That from and immediately after corfmh af a 
the passing of this act, the academy in Baldwin county, now 
kn wn and called by the name of Corinth academy, shall 
kn >wn and called by that name; ;md that Edmund ['vanth, . 
si.\h Matthews, Henry Densler, I'enjumin Doles, and Jam: • 
Watson, and their successors in office, be, and they are i r 
declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the nor 



aa A€ADEMIES<. 

slyle of "The Trustees of Corinth Academy ;" ^and as such shafl 
Hrfuo^? ^'^'^ be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be im- 
xn^kehye- pleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-lawf- and re- 
^^^' g-ulations as may be necessarry for the government of said aca- 
demy : Provided, such bye-laws are not Tepugnant to the consti- 
tution and laws of this state : and for that purpose may have 
imvea<-om- and usc a commou seal, appoint such officers as they may think 
rowe^^ol' 5>- proper, and remove the same from office, for improper conduct 
^.XSai.. or neglect of duty. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, <5'C. That the said trustees 
shall be capable of accepting, and being invested with all man- 
■ May hold iiGi' of propcrtv, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants^ 
property, privileges and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to 
said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or trans- 
ferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold 
the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 



fhaLllfi'lva- 



Sec. III. Be it further enacted, 4'^- That when any ^v^cancy 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of Corinth academ)^, the survivors, or remaining trustees, 
or a majority of them, shall fill the same in such manner as shall 
.be pointed out by the bye-laws and regidations of the trustees a- 
foresaid,. 



4^. AN ACT to incorporate Lonicera academy, in the co'tiftfy 
of Baldwin— passed December 23d, 1826 — Daw. Com. Sii; 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <{*c. That from and immediately after 
the passage of this act, the academy in the county of Baldwin^ 
how known by (he name of Lonicera academy, shall be known 
and called by that name : and that James Lamar, William W. 
Carnes, Benjaman H. Reynolds, James Bonner, and John A.' 
Jones, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be a body jwlitic and incorporate, by the name and 
style of " The Trustees of Lonicera Academy," and as such 
Lonlcfra*?- shall bc Capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead.and 
cof^I^S'. ^^ impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and 
regulations as may be necessary for the government of said aca- 
demy : Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the consti- 
tution or laws of this State : and for that purpose may have and 
use a common seal, and appoint such otlicers as they may thhili: 
|>K)per, and remove the same from office,. 



ACADEMIES. 8S 

^ec. IT. B c a further enacted, ^^c. That the said trustees shall ^SSp/o- 
be capable of accepting, and being invested v/ith, all manner oi^^^^^J^^. 
property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, "^y- 
and immnnities, whatsoever, which nriay belong to said institu- 
^on, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them 
and their successors in officC; to have and to hold the same, for 
the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. III. Be 'd further enacted, fyc. That when any vacancy vacancie-^ 
shall "happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or '°^ 
more of the trustees of said academy, the survivors or a majpri- 
ty of them, shall fill the same in such manner as may be poinied 
out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid, " 



43. AN ACT to incorporate certain academies, and to appoint 
trustees for the said academies, and to authorise the gover- 
nor to pay over to the Trustees of the Stewart county aca- 
demv, the academy fund coming to said county — passed De- 
cember 25th, 1831— Pamph. of 1831, p. 3. 

Sec. \. Be U enacted, <$-c. That Vincent R. Thornton, Wil- JfJ^j;j^;f„«' 
liam King, Robert Newsom, James^ Pollard, and James Calton, corpoi^d. 
be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their success- 
ors in office are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the 
name, and under the title of the trustees of the Thornton aca- 
demy, in the county of Greene. 

Sec. II. And that William Hilliard, Bryan Bediwgfield-, Hen-^^^^^a* . 
ry Andolph, Benjamin H. Brown, Henry Vi. Jcmio:an, Morde-rtpniy'in?er- 
c'ai M. S. .Wadworth, and Galby jNfatthews, and their successors ^''^^^ 
in office, be, and they are hereby appointed and declared to be, 
a body corporate, under the name and style of the tnistees of 
Stewart academy, in the county of Stewart. 

Sec. III. And that Ccllier Foster, John ChamtrlesS) James JJJJ^^<^^^'^^.^; 
Bell, Allen Martin, and Shelman Durham, and their successors poraied. 
\\\ ofiice, be, and they are hereby appointed, and declared to be 
a body corporate, under the name and style of the trustees of 
Jackson academy, in the county of Monroe. 

Sec. IV. And that Wilson Williams, Julius C. Alford, Riifus li rnn?* 
j'^rown, James Herring, John E, Gage-, William A. Redd, and5emy*i^i. 
Joseph Pothress, and their successors iii office, be, and tlie^ are'*'***^' 
hereby appointed, and declared to be a body corporate, under 
the name and style of the trustees of th^ La Gian^e female %,q%^ 
ll^'uny, ia. the county of Troup. 

5 



34 ACADEMIES. 



Hcadi'my in 



™y in- ^^<^- V' ^^^ *^^t Jacob King, James BirdspUG:, Jaincs Furgit- 
^orpotuted. s^3^^ Joseph M. Cailowav, and James Torbert,' and their si^ccess--^ 
ors in office, be, and thcyar:^ liereby appointed, and d«^clai>:dto. 
be a body corporate, under the nanie and style of the trustees 
of the La Fayette academy, in the county of Upson. 

t.ycoum ac?- ^*ec. VI. And that John D, Chapman, John Hill, Charles 
idv^icT"^ ITulsey, sen'r. AV'illiran fiir;r.pkin, and John A. Jones, and their 
sncce?isors in oflice, be, and ihey are hereby appointed, and de- 
clared to be a body corporaic, nnder the name and style ot" the 
trustees of the Lyceum academy, in the county of Carroll. 



Oak Hiil acr. 
4oAi\y inccr- 
tiomtcd. 



Sec. VII. Anrl that Alexander Pearrc, /Samuel Crump, Wil- 
liam Meriwether, Humphrey Evans, William Jones, James Toole, 
and Archer Aver}-, and their successors in ofiice, be, and they 
are hereby appointed, and declared to be abc-'y corporate, un- 
dpr the name and style of the trustees of the Oak Hill academyj. 

in the couiitv of Columbia^ 

i* 

SemvlM"-' «S'ecv VIII. And that Thomas Anburg, Nathaniel Lipseomb^'; 

ctHTpomeJ. William j1 V/. Dent, George W. Turrcntinc, and Thomas C/ 
Pinkard, and their successors h\ oHice, bo, and ^di( y are hereby 
appointed and declared to be a bo;!y corporate, under the iicnir. 
and style of the Franklin academy, in the county of Heard. 

jeffe^ona- ^^ec. IX. Awl that Mariner Culpeppei, William C R;'<.i(!ing",' 
J2rioratea. and Johu >S'hockle3% and their successors in ofiice, be, and tF.ey" 
are hereby appointed trusrces, and declared to be a body corpor- 
ate, under the name and style of the Jefferson academy, in>lon- 
roe county. 

County Line »S^cc. X. And th?it Timothy Matihews, J. G. Rains, Jamos PhiT- 
Someit ' lips Thomas Reddin.o-, and Frederick D. Wimberly, ami thrir suc- 
cessors in office, be, and they are hereby ap])ointcd trustee? and de- 
clared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the- 
County Lme academy, in Monroe county. 

j^ottfibcro 5^ec, XI. That Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Farish Carter, S'eatof^i 

my^hu'oipor. Grantland, Ja^Tics Bozeman, Green Jordan, »9amiiel Rockwell,, 

^^'^' and Thomai W. Baxter, and their successors in office, be, ani 

they are hereby appointed, and declared to be, a body ccrporatcv, 

under the name and style of the trustees for the Scottsboro. 

Male academy, in the county of Baldwin. 

jHcnc ctcpi: Sec, XII. That William A. *S*haFp, Elisha Davis, Jeremiah A. 

^rpScd"' Sharp, William Davis, and Thomas Chappell, and their success- 
ors in office, be, and they aie hereby declared to be, a body poli- 
tic and corporate, by the name and Style of the trustees of Stone.' 
Creek agadem jv io« the county of Twiggs... 



1 



I 



ACADEiMIES. ^ 

•6'ec'. :5tril. Aad he it farther emcied, ^^-c. That James ^^\ SSS" 
Jones be appointed one ol the trustees of the Hail county aca- aSJs^f^'j"-'' 
4l(:;my, and have full power to act accordhigly. 

Sec. XIV. ^flnd he it fmHhcr enacted, Sy'C. That John Hunt, A^^jji^n-^i ^ 
Joseph Thompson, and William Britt, be, and they are hereby i-oi'mert for 
SL[. pointed as additional trustees to the Randolph academy. daciuy! ^ 

Sec. XV. And that John McOail, David B. Halstead, Jacob Trustees 4- 
IVatson, Robert N. Taylor, and John Bozeman, be appointed ]l^^'^: 
Trustees for the Hawkiuivil'e academy, in the county of Pulaski, cauemr. 

Sec. XVI. Each of said corporations shall have the privilege ^^■^'^^^^•^. 
of using a common ?eal. nionsfcui- 

Sec. XVII. Be it further enacted, d'C. That the seTeral tras- corporate 

,. ^ ' ' \ •\ 1 111 powers graft- 

tees, m their corporate capacities, be, and they are hereby de- ced. 

-clared to be vested with the several nghts a?nd immunities, and 

subject to the same regulations as are set forth, and embodied iu 

an act of the general assembly, passed the ninth day of D.-cem- 

•ber, one thousand eight hundred and "twenty-four, entitled "an 

act to incorj)orate the Lawrenceville academy in the county of 

Owinnctt, and to appoint trustees for the same." 

Sec. XVIII. Be it further enacted, <^c. That so soon as this act run^^arfer 
-shall go into operation, his Excellency tlie torovernor, be, and he sufwm'' 
is hereby authorised and required to cause to be paid over to ademy,^.?ijc 
•majority of the trustees of Stewart county academy, on their or- Syl''^^^'"^'" 
der, whatever amount of the ajcademy fund, that may be coming 
to the said acadeniy, st) that the .said ^'tewart county academy 
may be placed on un equal footing with the other county acade- 
mies, in this state. 

See. XIX. Be it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and jTarts K^peaiint 
of laws militating against this OiCt, be, anti the same are hereby ^^*'^=^*=- 
renealc4. 



44. AN ACT to incorporate Luke academy in the caOiify 
Bibb— passed December 22d, 1826— Diiw. Com. 37. 

Sec, I. Beit enacted, ^-c. That Luke .T. Mori^an, Thomas Tn.Mitsir.' 
Lundy, Henry Audulph, and Oliver H. Prince, and then- ruc ^°'^'*''^'^^ 
4i;cssors are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name 
'and style of "The Trustees of the Lake acadcmy/Mvith thctl..irp(J^xew. 
privilege to receive and hold any real and p'^sonal estate that 
awiy be UGcwisary io the objev Ls of tho &i'U'ii, uiiid wifh the power; 



M ACADEMIES.- 

under the common seal, or under the hands of any three of the 
board, to do any lawful and constitutional acts which in their 
opinion may be best suited to promote the interests of the institu- 
tion. . 

Vacancies Sec. II. Be it further enaciedf ^^c. That if by death, resig- 
nation, or otherwise, the trustees should be reduced to a numbef 
Jess than three, the vacancies shall be filled so as to increase the 
board to that number, by the inferior court of Bibb county, for 
the time bein^r — all other vacancies shall be tilled bv the beard. 



45. AN ACT to incorporate Washington academy, in the couft^ 
ty of Bibb— passed December 36th, 1826— Daw. Com. 40.. 

trustees in- Scc. I. Be it €7iacted, ^c. That Needham Mims, John La- 
<arpgrated. ^^^^ Benjamin B. Lamar, David G. Vy'orsham, and Henry G. La- 
mar, are appointed, and they and their successors in otfice, shall 
be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the 
hame and style of " The Trustees of the Washington academy, 
in the county of Bibb :" and as such body politic, shall be capa- 
ble of suing and being sued, and of doing other acts which may 
their pow- be necessary to the execution of the trust confided to them, and 
for that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such 
officers as they may think proper, and remove them for miscon- 
duct or neglect of duty. 

may hold jS'cc. II. Bc it further enacted, 4'C. That the trustees shalJ 

vtofQTiyif be capable of accepting and holdmg all manner of property, both 
personal and real, and all bequests, zifts, and donations, privi- 
leges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said in* 
stitution, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to them 
?yli^?^ or their successars in office ; are hereby authorised to make such 
bye»law8 and reflations as they may deem expedient: Provided, 
such bye-laws and legulations bc not repugnant to the constitu* 
tion and laws of this state, or of the United ^States. 

vac'^es Sec. MI. Be it further enacted ^c' That should any vacan- 
cy happen by death, rem.oval, or othei-wise, of Hie trustees of the 
Washington academy hereby established, it shall be the duty of 
the remaining trustees to fill such appointment : Provided, That 
the remaining trustees consist of a majority of the whole boards 
and in case there should not be a majority of the trustees, such 
vacancy or vacancies shall be tilled by the inferior court of said 
coanty of Bibb, as aforesaid. 



« 



Academies. st 



46. AX ACT to establish academies in the comities of Bryan 
and Pulaski — passed December 2o, 1822 — Daw. Com. IG. 



Sec. I. Be it emcted, cj-^ That Col. Georcre'W. McAllister, f^ 
Maj. George M. Waters, Capt. Raymond P. Demere, Andrew 
Bird, and Joshua Smith, Esq'rs. are hereby appomted commis- 
sioners of the academy of Bryan county. 



»t brvau 
■y aca- 



l-C,..^ 



of P(Ua5ki 
fouuiy atu- 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That Furney F. Gatliu, _ 
Nelson Clayton, Hardy Vickers, ^^'illiam Hathron, and Robert "^^"^ 
Thompson, Esq'rs. be, and they are hereby appomted commis- 
sioners of the academy of Pulaski county. 

S^ec. III. Be it further enacted, 4'C. That James Camak, ff Bnuwi^ 
Marlow L. Pryor, John Williams, Williams Rutheiford, and Jo-Jemy = 
-el Crawford, Esq'rs. be, and they are hereby appointed commis- 
^sioners of the academy of the county of Baldwin. 

Sec. IV. Be H further enacted, ^c. That James <8fmith, James jJm^I'JJ'^^^v 
Ounwoody, Ebenezer H. Grosvenor, John Kell, William Car- i^^m- 
nochan, Henry Gignilliatt, and Charles West, be, and they are 
hereby appointed commissioners of the academy for the county 
qi Mcintosh. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, <J»c. That the commissioners of ?aw commis 
the academies of the counties aforesaid, and their successors in coVj'^raieii. 
otfice, art; hereby incorporated, and they or a majority of them 
-ire hereby authorised to make such by laws, rules, and resrula- raar maiie , 

ions as are or may be necessary lor the 2;overnment ol said msti- hcw projia- 
ijtions ; and they shall be invested with all manner of property, '^' 
both real and persona!, and all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, 
and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institu- 
tions, by virtue of ^is act, or any heretofore made, transferred, 
or conveyed to them, or which may hereafter be made, transfer- 
red, or conveyed to them or their successors in office, to have 

nd to hold the same, for the proper use and benefit of saidinsti- 

itlons : Provided, such bye-laws, rules, and regulations afore- 
• did, be not rcpugi\ant to the constitution and laws of this state, 

T of the United /S^tates. 

Sec. TT. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the. commissioners May 8«eMi 
foresaid, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be able and capable in law, to sue and be su- 
*^(\, to plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in 
.his state, and of using all lawful and necessary means for recover- 
•ig and defending any property, debt or demand, which they 
•laini or demand in right of said iii«^titutions, and al.so of recei- 
ving the rents, issues, and profits of the samQ or any part thereof 



33 ACADEMIES. 






Sec. VII. 7Je itfimlier enacted, <^/c. That should any vacan- 
cies happen^ by death, or removal, cr resigiiatioii, of any of the 
commission ei-s of the academies, above established,, it shall be 
filled in such manner as a majority of the survivors shall point out. 

?r.i.Ki^frer ^^^- ^^^^- ^^ •■' Mi'^f"" enacted, (?'C. That the commission- 
ers aforesaid shall have power, when they may deem it necessa- 
ry, to appoint a treasurer, wlio shall give bond vv^lth approved se- 
curity, payable to his Excellency the Oovernor, or his success- 
ors in office, in the simi of live thoiisaisd dollars, for the faithfui 
peifbnnance of the duties of said othce. 



le-.K-iure 
■Miio shall 
Live LuilJ 



17. AN ACT "to amend the title of an act, to establish a^ade-^ 
mies in the counties of Bryan and Pulaski— passed Deceuir 
ber 10th, 1823— Daw. Com. 19. 

iS'ec. I, Be it enacted, ^c. That the title of the §aid act, be, 
AJi^rn-ecod- and the same is hereby amended, so tis to read \u the following 
manner, "an act to establish and incor])orate the academies ot" 
Bryan, Pulaski, Baldwin, and Mcintosh." 



'fo amend 
tlie title 01 



48.. AN ACT to incorporate the academy of Bulloch count}*— 
passed December 25th, 1832 — Dav/. Com, 12. 

Twsteesof Scc. I. Be it enacted, cJ'C That *Sammel <S. Lockhart, Jo- 
Slly'iucor-" seph Ha^iu, Thomas Jones, Seih. WilHams, and Elisha Bowe,. 
ijoi^iod;. arc appointed, and they and their successors in office snail be, 
and are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and 
riayhavea title of "The Tmstecs of the Bulloch county academy," with 
cgmiaou ^1^^ privilege of having and usinij a common seal. 



the funds. 



Way; apply Sec. II. Be it further enacted, «J-c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner 
they may think best calculated to promote the interest of said 
institution, and to erect suitable editlces for the education of youth, 
all monies and specialties belonging", or in any wise appertaJiii^^. 
to th^ said iftstitution. 



ACADEJIIE^. 3J^ 

Sec. TIL Belt further enacted, ^'C. That fhe said trustees - . 
ihcir sncce^,sors in olTice, or a majority of them, are hereby aii- 
thivkM to make such hyc-laws and rei:;ulations as may be iieces- 
s'lry for the governmeRt of said acarJemy : Frovided : such bye- 
laws and regskiiigm be not repngnant to the constitution and ^^-'"'"^''^ 
lav/s of this state : and that they shall be invested with all man- '''''^''''" 
Ti^T of property, both real and personal, all donation?, -ifts, grants, 
privile^^es, and imm.unities, whatsoever, which may belonj^ to said 
institution bt virUie of this act, or which may heixafter be made, 
conveyed,- oi^ ^ran.-^frrred to them, or their successors in office, to 
hav- and -o hold the same for the proper use, benefit, and be- 
hooi of said academy. 

^ Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, (J-r. That tiie trustees of said ;^,;^J„^^"^'^^"'^ 
institution, and their, successors in office^.'shaH be, and they are '''"' ' 
hereby declared to be capable of suini*- and beini^ sued, pleadmg 
and bein;^ impleaded, and of using all manner of hi\i\\\ rejeasurc^s 
forrecoverincT, or do fending any property, debts, or demands what- 
soever, which they may claim or demand in right of the said in- 
stitution : and also of recovering the rents, issues, and profits of 
the same, or any parts or parcel thereof. 



how fUlw. 



Sec. V. Be it farther enacted, <5-:. That all vacancies that may 
happen in the board of said trustees, shall be fjlk^d by the grand 
ywy of saifl count}^ at the first term of the superior court of said, 
county, aftei: such vacancy may happen, or at any term thereaf- 
ter, by bailor, or otherwise, as they may think proper. 

AS'ec. VI. .Sad be it fur I her enacted, ^c. That it shall bo, and^^''"^""^'^ 
it is hereby made the duty of said trustees, to lay before the ii'rand '-^S-T'ire^' 
jury, at the first term of the superior court of said county in SSYun: 
each year, a full and correct statement of the situarion and in- 
vestments of the funds of said institution, in such maimer and 
form as they may think proper, or said jurv recommend, and the 
said returns shall by the said jury be delivered to the clerk of 
said c'jurt, and remain in Ms ofTice until the general election next 
cnkuing, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to dehver said re- mi'r'.no'l^r 
timis tj the senator of said county, io be by hliu Faid before the I 
Sexiatus Academicus, when thereto required. 

*S^ec. VII. Be it farther avutcd, <J'C. Tliat the said tru 

be, and they are hereby required to appoint one nisiinct ...,„, 

their own board, as treasurer, and to take good and ;^ufficie;it se- '" ' '"^ 
ciirity, (o' fhe fai^hftil per;brrnanee of the dudes require:! of him, 
lu sucii manae- a^ wi'l ^a^:c^ua!! seciwr. said institution agninst' 
aiiy loss which might happen by big rai«cond«ct. 



A I 

dfiiiicus. 



Itl'aSllri" 

irom wh-.^'viu 



40 ACADEMIES, 



40. AN ACT* for laying- out the reserve land in' (he town of Au^- 
^usta, into acre lots, the erecting an academy or seminary 
of learninir, and for other purposes therein mentioned— 
passed July 31st, 1783— Craw. & Mar. Dig. 134. 

Sec. IV. And whereas a sembary of learning is gi'eatly ne- 

cessiuy for the instruction of our youth, and ought to be one of 

the first objects .of attention after the promotion of religion : Be 

itjh'thcr enacted, Sic. That after the said commissioners have re- ^ 

or.eiotr> scrvcd ouc of the first lots for buildinGT a church, or house of 

served tor J. ,,..,. , , i i • i • i i 

worship to the divme bemg, by whose biessmg the independence 
of the United States has been established ; and a resen'e of ten 



:hurcli 



fc?u lots re- 



servfi'Y^; other principal lots for pid^lic uses ; the monies arising from such- 
pvor^efis oV sales, atler defraying thd^«harges for building said church, shall 
■IppLa CO be, and they arc hereby vested in the hands and power of said 
l?ui slinpon commissioners, named as aforesaid, as trustees (or the purpose of 
^nd acade-' carTyiiig into execution, the intentions o^ this Ia\v, and for erec- 
-'''-• ting an academy or seminary of learning as aforesaid,* their 

heirs and successors in office forever, in trust for the sole use of 

the said church and academy or seminary. 

r.anc!s appro- Scc. XII. Bs it enacted, cj-c. That his honor, the governor, and 
aapiiJmy cxecutive council, shall be f mpowered to grant to the said trus- 
tees,! ^ov carrying this law into execution, and for the sole pur- 
pose and interest of said academy, | such tract or tracts of va- 
cant land, as they may apply for, not exceedinij the quantity of 
two tlioiisand acres, li 



iii B'irke. 



50. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of the town and 
academy of Waynesborough, in Burke county, to dispose of : 
certain lands belonging to said institution, adjoining the town' ' 
commons — passed December 7th, 1812 — Lam. Dig. 2. 

ft-npie^sof Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^'C. That the commissioners of the 
tSKu"^ academj- of Waynesborough, in the county of Burke, or theif 
wiV-riJes successors in ofiice, or a majority of them, are hereby fully au- 
of land. thoriscd and empowered to sell, or otherwise dispose of, to and ■ 
for the use and benefit of said academy, two hundred acres of ^ 
the lands adjoining the said town : and the said commissioners. 



• In Au|wstn. 

■♦ C'ovr.misiioncrs of 'vra>niesborougli, in Burio county. 

I .\i WayneFboroiit-'h. 

li The e'.her p/m oi' fKfs act r<?7r*fT^ tocflrCT entyccts;. 



1 



ACADEMIE.^: • 4i 

ifl the stiles or other disy)osit]on of the said lands, 'shall do tlie 
same on the most effectual secunty, and on such terms and cm- 
chtioiis, as may be most conducive to iKe interest and prosperity 
*yf the aforesaid institution. 



n. AN ACT to authorise the Inferior Court of the county of* 
Burke, to cell the glebe land of the (;aid county, and for 
other purposes — passed November 23, 1814 — Lam. Com. 3. 

^S^ec. I. Be it enacted, <^^c. That the Inferior Court of the j;,'^;^'///^!''" 
county oH Burke, be, and they are hereby airthoiTSed and em- j^eu certain 
j)Owered to sell and dispose of the glebe lands of the said coun- 
ty, for the ])eneiit of the V/aynesborough academy, upon such 
terms as, in the opinion of the Lifer ior Court, will best promote the 
interest of said academy : and the money arising- from the said 
-sale, to be by the said Inferior Court, paid over to the trustees or 
commissioners of said academy. 

*S'ec. II. Be it further enacted, <^o. That the commissioners or to sen a^att:* 
trustees of the Waynesborough academy, be, and they are hereby *'^ 
authorized to sell andd'sposeof atract of laud in Camden coun- 
ty, containing four hundred acres, conveyed to the said commis- 
sioners, by the commissioners of con.fiscated piopert}', and the mo^ 
noy arising from &&ld sale to be a])plicd to the use of said acadie<- 



-^2. AN ACT to incorporate the Butts county academy, in tli6' 
town of Jackson, and to siuthorise the Justices of the Infe- 
rior Court of said countv, to select and convey to the trus- 
tees of said academy a suitable lot for said institution — ^{3ass- 
ed December 2Gth,' 1826— Daw. Com. 34. 

iS'ec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passing J™^|^^^^^^ 
of this act, David Berry, Robert Brown, William V. Burney, «;=^'i^'"> «¥ 
John McMichael, Abel L. Robinson, *S^amuel Lovejo}^, and James ^"'^'"^''^■'^' 
Harkness, are a})pointcd, and they and their successors in office, 
sliall be, and they arc hereby declared to be a body corporate, by 
the name and title of "The Trustees of the Jackson academt^," 
«yrt,h the priviJcfre of having and using a common seal. 
^ Cy 



4^ 



ACADEMIES. 



May apply 
the fmias. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, c^-c. Tlsat the trustees afore- 
said, and tlieir successors in office, or a majority of Iheni, are 
hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate, in the mautiei-* 
they may think best suited to promote the interests of said insti- 
tution, all moneys and specialties belonging or in any wise ap- 
pertaining to said institution. 



:\tay make 
bye-laws, 



May hold 
property: 



iS'ec. III. B5 it further enacted, ^^c. That the said trustees,, 
and their successors in office, or a majori^'Y of them, are hereby 
authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, as may be ne- 
cessary for the government of said academy: Provided, such 
bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this 
state : and that they shall be invested with all manner of proper- 
ty, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges 
and immunities, whatever, which may belong to said institittioii 
by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be made, conveyed, 
or transferred to them and their successors in office, to have and 
to hold the same, for the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said 
academy. 



Kula^ ^'^'^ ^^^- ^^ • -^^ '^'^ further enacted, ^-c. That the trustees of said 
institution and their successors in office, shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be, capable of suing and being sued, plead- 
ing and being impleaded, and of using all manner of lawful means 
for recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands, 
whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said in- 
stitution. 

miaiiy^b'e-''"" '^^^' ^ ' ^^ if farther enacted, <f-c. That it shall be, and is herfe- 
fore uie ^ by made the duty of said trustees, to lay before the giand jurv, at 
.^^tAtement'ofthe first term of the superior cou.rt of said county, m each year, a 
le r un b : ^^^j ^^^^^ correct statement of the situation and investments of the 
funds of said institution, in such manner and form as they may 
think proper, or said jury recommend : and the said returns shall 
by the said jury be delivered to the clerk of said court, and re- 
main in his office, until the generah election next ensuing, wlien 
it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver the same to the sena- 
tor of said county, to be by him laid before the Senatus Academ- 
icus, when thereto required. 

simiiappoint ^^^' ^^' Be it farther enacted, i^-r. That the said tmstees be^ 

a treasurer: anJ they are hereby required to appoint a person separately from 

their board, as treasurer, and to take good and sufficient secui-i- 

ty for the faithful performance of the duties required of bin), in 

such manner as will etfectually secure said institution against any 

loss which might happen by his misconduct ; and the said trea- 

hiscompcn- surer shall receive out of the academy fund, such compeubation 

'"**'""' ior his services, as the board of trustees may think proper. 



anoasccre- ^S'ec. Vli. Bc it farther ena/ted, ^c. That the trustees of 
^*^ '' said academy, or a majority of tiiem, shall have full power to ap- 



ACADEMIES. . # 

point a secretary, under such restrictions as may to them appea'r 
feiiitablc and proper : and allow him such compensation as will satioi??'^^" 
remunerate him tor his services : also to fill all vacancies that may . 

occur in any of the offices of said institution, by death, resigna- caucus, 
tion, or otherwise. 

Sec. VI 1 1. Be it further enacted, <f'C. That the Justices of inferior 
the Inferior Court of said "county, or a majoi ity of them, shall cmu!-" a^t 
be fully authorised to convey to the trustees of said academy, lec^'oriJjl" 
and their successors in office, a fee simple title to a lot in the '^^^^y- 
town of Jackson, not exceeding five acres, to be selected by the 
■ifaid Inferior Court, for the beibre named purposes. 



*5^3. AN ACT to authorise and require the Comptroller General 
to remit the interest paid by, or due ii'om, Wiiiiam Scott, 
junior, tax collector of the county of Camdeji, and to relin- 
cpiish to the trustees of Camden county academy, certaiir 
moneys claimed by the state — passed December 23d, 1S30 — 
Pamphlet of 1830, 182, 

<S'ec. I. Be it enacted, i^'C. That from and immediately after TreaT^uroY 
the passing of this act, the Comptroller General, be, and he here-"^"""'"^" 
by is authorised and required to remit the interest charged against 
William Scott, junior, former tax collector of the county of my 
Caiiiden, and the treasurer is hereby required to pay to the com- [nSl^'olf 
iiiissioncrs of Camden county academy, according to tlie amount ^^'^^ ^^•'"^^• 
that may have been received as interest on the taxes of said 
county. 



pay t,(> the 
fomuii'-eioTi- 
ors of Cam- 



♦S'ec. II. Be it fwther enacted, tj-c. That the solicitor general soiintrr f?e 
^f the eastern circuit be, and he hereby is directed to reihiquish"'sier»M?r- 
to the commissioners of Camden- county academy, all moneys nii^VrS 
claimed by the state, fiom the sale of the ])ropei-*y o( E'ihu At- '^"'''^ '"'"'"''^ 
-watf.r, over and above the princiiial sum due by the gaid William 
Scott, junior, for the taxes of said coujity. 



loncyt tn 

the: 



41 ACADEMIES^^ 



54. AN ACT to Incorporate and appoint trustees for'the Red- 
lick academy, in the county of Monroe ; the Vernon aca- 
demy, in Troup county : and the Campbeliton academy, hi. 
Campbell county ; and the Randolph academy, in Randolph 
county — passed December 22d, 1829 — Daw. Com. 57. 

SuicTaJa- *^^^' ^' ■^^^^' ^'^^^^^'^^ <^'C. That Job Taylor, Anderson Bald- 
deniy: vviu, Alexander Perkins, Edward Galaway, and Turner Hunt, 
and their successors in office, are hereby appointed trustees (or 
the RedHck academy, in jMonroe bounty : and that Woody Do- 
zier, Willis Whatlcy, Elliott Reid, Wiley J. ^Sterling, and Iia 
Allen, and their successors in office, be, and they arc hereby ap- 
of Vernon pointcd trustccs of the Vernon academ}^ in Troup county ; and 
■^itademy: ^j^^. Fraucis Irviu, Thomas Morell, Gilbert C. Coffee, James 
Gresham, Thomas McKay, Martni Kolb, and Middlcton Ilii], 
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed 
Sn?cS-^*' trustees for the Campbeliton acadcmj', in Campbell county ; and 
'"^= . that James Miller, John R. McNeal, Jared Irwin, William Ever- 
of Randolph ^^'■U ^"^^ Richurd J. Sneliing-, and their successors, in office, be^, 
noifaeY' ^^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^ hereby appointed trustees for the Randolph acade- 
my, in Randolph county.. 

sawtmstces Sqc. II. Bc UjuHlicr cnacicd^^c. That the said trustees, and 
incorijora- their suciccssors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be 
a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trus- 
tees of the -several academies before mentioned : and as such 
Sfsuer:*"*^ shall be capable and liable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and 
make bye- bc impleaded ; and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and 
^^'^^'' regulations, as may be necessary for the government of said aca 
demies : Provided^ such bye-laws are not repugnant to the con 
iiaveacom- stitution or laws of this state : and for that purpose may have and 
monseai. ^^^ ^ commou scal, and appoint such officers as they may think 

appoint offi- 1 >i r r-> J j 

ccrs : proper, and remove tne same irom oliice, 



may hold Scc. III. Be it furiJicr cnactcd^ ^^c. That the said trustees of 
jroperty > ^^^ before mentioned academies, shall bc capable of acceptins-, 
and being invested with, all manner of property, both real ami 
personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities, 
whatever, which may belong to the said institutions, or which 
may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, or their sue-. 
cessors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the proper ben- 
efit and behoof of the said academies, severally. 

%Vancies Scc. IV. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That when any vacancy 
^ow faued gi^^ij happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or 1 
more of the trustees of said academies, their survivors, or a ma- 1 



jority of them, shall fill such vacancy, as may be pointed outb^^ 
rljue b^^laws of said academiea severally. 



J 



AGADEMIEB. 4o 



•55. AN ACT to incorporate Carroll acailcm}-, in the county o( 
Carroll, and appoint trustees for the same — passed Dccim- 
ber22cl, 1829— Da^v. Com. oS. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^yc. That Chiistopher Bowen^ John 



Carroll juk- 



Robinson, Sanders W. Ra}-, Thomas Chandler, and Isaac S. '''^"'^' '''' 



pointed : 



Wood, and their successors in otiico, be, and they are Iierehy ap-='|^^;i^;^jf;^ 
pointed trustees of Carroll academy, in the county of Carroll ,• their ro*-- 
and as such are made and declared to be a body corporate, with *-'^^ ' 
power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have, hold, and 
convey property belonging- to said academy, now or •hereafter, 
;ind do ail other tilings pertaining to the same, 

Sec. II. Beitfuriher enacted, ^-c. That the trustees of the a- [;;:»^.^^j*^. 
cademy aforesaid shall have power to adopt such bye-laws as ' ' 
they may deem necessary and proper f >r the government and 
prosperity of the academy aforesaid : Provided, such bye-laws 
are not repu2:nant to the constitution and laws of this State. 

Sec. III. Be il further enacted, <J-c. That when a vacancy ^'^^^:'^^„;;\ 
shall happen in the board of trustees, of said academy, by death, 
resii^ation, or otherwise, the remaining: trustees of said academv 
shall proceed to fill such vacancy by ballot* 



Sec. IV. Be itfurlhsr enacted, <J-c. That the trustees of the 
academy aforesaid, as a body corporate, shall, and they are here- p'l 
by declared to be able and capable of receiving, having, and 
holding, all gifts, grants, and donations, whether real or personal, 
which may be given, granted, or tendered to them, for the bene- 
fit of said academy : any law, usage,, or cu^om tp the contrarj*^ 
jiotwithstandm";. 






Up. AN ACT to establish an acadcm}' in the county of Ciiaf- 
ham, and for vestmg certain property in Selma, countess 
dowager of Huntingdon — passed Febniary Ist^ 178S — 
Craw. & Marb. 564.* 

Sec. HI. And whereas tliere is in this state, a very considera- 
hia property, as well i-oal as pei-sonal, knoAvn and distinguished 
by the name of Bethesda College or Orphan House estate, ori- 



• Sec. i, 3. repealeU bir the ac: of m^ Dec rn. 



46 • ACADEMlEg. 

ginally intended for an academy, and devised, in trust by tlie- 

late Rev'd. George Whitefield, for literary and benevolent pur- 

Hou'-t^tatcPos^Sj ^^ iSelina, coimtess of Huntingdon : 2?c it enacted k,c. 

ruuSi''of"'^^^^ the said estate be vested in the said Selina, countess of 

iiimthigauii. Huntingdon, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.* 

*Sec. VI. And v.-'hereas there may be, in the said covmty of 

Chatham, lands unlocated and not granted : Be it further emu ted, 

SSSh ^^- '-^'^^^ ^^' ^^^^^ vacant lands not contained within any tract 

i).? 5000 a- jor which a srrant has been obtained, be reserved for the use of 

4/rGS rt'Sor* *- • 

the said academy or seminaiy of learning ; Provided, that the 
quantity of vacant land thvis reserved, shall not exceed five thou- 
sand acres. 



ved for the 

acadeiuy. 



amiJSis *^^^- ^^^l- Beit further enacted, clf-r. That one thousand pounds 
tlii^'roSy ^P^^^^ ^^ couliscated property lying in the coimtyof Chatham, 
tobuddivei-be put into the hands of the said trustees, by the sheriif of said 
irustets! county, or such other officer as may be in the lawful possession 
of such property, or legally entitled to such possession. 

Trustees ap. ^ec. VIII. Be it further enacted, &c. That the followiuG: 

poiateU. , 1111 • 1 r I -1 

persons, be, and they are hereby appomted trustees tor the said 
academy, viz : John Houstoun, John Habersham, Wihiam Gib- 
bons, sen'r. William /Stevens, Richard Wyly, James Houston^, 
iSamuel Elbert, Beth John Cuthbeit, and Joseph Clay, junior, 
Esq'rs.t 

Repealing ^qq \ Be it further enacted, <$*c. That all acts appropriating 
^^^ any sums or allotments for said academy, be an.d the same are 
hereby repealed. 



$7. AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of the acadcBoy 
of the county of Chatham, to sell and dispose of such lots 
and tracts of land, the property of sai3 academy, as they 
shall deem advantageous ; and to confirm such contracts 
and sales as the said commissioners have heretofore made — 
I)assed December 7th, 1803.— Clay. Com. 124. 

ftiie=!ofiots iSec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That all contracts, bargains, and 

'^^''^' sale^ of lots and lands, the property of said academy, already 

tnade, or which shall o. may at any time or times hereafter be 

found necessary or expedient to be made by the commissioners 



• Sec. 4 and 5, relate to a different sxibjept. 

^Sttc. 9, is myetsyacd b.v lUe act of Deccmijci iSlj), \%]^ 



ACADEMIES. 4T 

of the said academy, or a majority of them, be, and the same ar*^ 
hereby declared to be valid, good, and sufficient in law, to all in- 
tents and purposes whatsoever, any usage, custom, or law, to 
the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding-. 

Sec. II. Be it furlher enacted, c^-c. That all monevs arisin"- vn:K-v nrK-- 
from the sales of such lands as aforesaid, shall be used and a^)!*^-;;;. ■ ";:iw ' 
plied by the said commissioners, as an accumulative fund for the"'^'^''"' 
said academy, by loanini^ the same at interest, or by the purchase 
of other propei-ty, as ro the said commissioners shall seem most 
Ijeneficial and advantageous to the said, academy. 



->S. AN ACT to autnorise the president of tlie trustees of Be*" 
tnesda College ; the president of the Union >Vocietv ; the ' 
president ol the board of managers of the .SVanpali Poor 
House and Hospital Society ; .'the Chair>nan ot commis- 
sioners oi the Chatham academy, and the Mayor of the ci- 
ty of Savannah, to dispose of the property of^he Bethesda 
College, or Orphan House estate, for the uses herein men- 
tioned— passed December 22d, 1808— Clay. .Com. 463. 

Sec. I Be it enacted, <^^c. Thatitshali and may be lawful for orphan 
the president of the trustees of Befhesda College, for the time S'li^f^i?;''^ 
being, the president ol the Union societv in Savannah, for the 
tirne oeing, the president of the board of manai^ers of the Sa-^ 
vannah poor house and hospital society, for the time bcino- the' 
chairman 01 commissioners ot the Chatham academy, and the 
Mayor ot the city of >S'avannah, for the time beins:, or a majority 
of tncm^to sell and dispose of all the real and personal prope/-^ 
ty oi the said Bethesda college, or orphan house estate, on the 
most advantageous terms that may be obtained for the same, and 
to make titles to the purchasers thereof: and ait^r the trustees 
©I. the orphan house estate shall have retained a si.ffic^ncy to'''-'"'^'^^^^ 
pay any just debts that may be due and owin- from the said or- '''"''' 
phan house estate ; and also retained a .^ulhcient sum to pay any I 

<le.)ts taat may be in litigation, until decision at law, 011" such ' 

ciaims, when such sum retained, shall Idc applied a-reeably to I 

Slid legal decisions, to apply th(>. nett proceeds as follows, that b ! 

to say ; one fifih ot such nett proceeds to the uses of thB Savan- 
Jiaipoor house and hospital society ; jm.l the remainder of such 
nett sum, on ^ ha^r thereof t'^ tlie Union society in Sovannah - 
and tlie other liali' to the Ch^iham academy, to aid their fuuds 
lor the instruction of youth generally. 



48 



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lo^e'^S'i^l ^Vc. IL Be Hfurlhcr enacted, &c. That the d^foresald hereift 
ilve'^oftic"' ii^^J^o^'i-cd persons, slial!, aliei* carrying ibis act into exe- 
cration, file their proceedings in the execiilive office of this state,- 
ibr public inlbrmation. 



Awicmyto Sec. III. Be it further enacted, 4'\'- That the Commissioners 

c.!u;,iietive of thc Chatham academy shall, in consequence of this donation, 

Ci.u^.... gQppQpt and educate at least live orphan children, from' 'its funds, 

as soon as it shall receive the property herein vested in said insti- 

tutioa. 

»S*cc. lY. Be it further enacted, ^c. That nothinp^ in this act 
'Shesdl "^^ shall be construed to defeat the responsibility of the pres^it trus- 
-Snafuiia- ^^^s of Bcthcsda colIc^e, under an act passed in December, se^ 
•^^- ^-enteen hundred and ninety-one. 



59. AN ACT to* incorporate the trusf(5es »§alem academy, iu 
Clark county — passed December 25, 1821— Daw. Com. 10. 



COfpoiatt-'d. 



tityie : 

may bolil 
liroiJeiiy : 



May sue and 
hie sued. 

ni-^y have a 

cninnioii 

teal. 

■m;ike bj'C- 



Sec. I. Be W enacted, ^-c: That Joseph Tarpley, John Flo3'd, 
Reuben Tucker, /Stephen Hestci*) John "Williams,. /Samuel Hes?-- 
ter, Edward L. Thomas, William Clarke, George Hayes, Joseph 
iSmith, Jjfmes Knott, and John *S'immons, be, and they are here- 
by created and made abodypolitic and coiporate, having perpetual 
sa'ccession, by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Sa- 
lem acadenjy," and by that name and style are hei'cby made able 
an.d capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, 
and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, 
(>r>ods, chattels, and effects, of what kind, natute, or quality, so* 
ever, and the same to sell, alien, demise, or dispose of: to sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer" and be ans\vcred, 
in ccturts of record or other places : and also to make, have, and 
use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew, at^ 
pleasure' ; and also to ordain, establish, and j)ut in exeeutiony; 
such bye-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as may by them be! 
deemed necessarv. 



.vpyrccpive Scc. II. Be U further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees, or- 
^"^^^" a majority of them, are hereby authorised to i;eceive any gift, 

donation, or gratuit}^ of or from [any] ])erson or persons, com* 
])any or companies, body politic or corporate, to be by them ap- 
propriated to the use, and for the Benefit of the Salem academy. 

Vacancies 'S'cc. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That when any vacan- 
wfowfiiioii. cy or vacancies shall or njay happen, by death, resignation, or 



ACADEMIES. 4^ 

otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the said trustees, in stich 
manner as ihey may think proper ; any law to the contrary not- 
withstanding. 



60. AN ACT to appoint trustees of the (Slarke county acade^ ■ 
my, and to incorporate the same— passed November 21st 
1823 — Daw. Com. 20. ' 

Sec. 1. Be i^^oted^J^c. That Thomas Mitchell, Edward Tn.tceM.. 
lame, Sterhng Elder, William Merriwether, Hezekiah W Sco ^^"^p""^^^®^^ 
yall, John W. Graves, and John H. Lowe, be, and they are here- 
l^y appomted trustees of the Clarke county academy, and con- 
8tituted a body corporate and politic, having- perpetual success* 
ion, under the name and style, of "The Trustees of the Clarke their st.ieV 
county academy," and bj that name and style are hereby made 
able and capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess en "'"-^'^"^'^ 
joy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tene- '''''"'' 
ments, goods,.chattels, and effects, of what nature, kind, or quali- 
ty soever and the same to sell, alien, demise, or dispose of, for 
the benefit of the institution intrusted to their care; to sue andnny ..an.' 
l)c sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer and be ans\<^ered in'^*'"^*^* 
courts of record and other places ; and also io make, have, and 
use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at 
pleasure ; and also to ordain, establish, and execute such bye-,,nv „.,-h 
laws, ordinances, and regulations as by them may be deemed ne ^y^-^^^^ 
cessary, not mconsisteiit with the constitution and laws of this 
state. 

Sec. II Be it further enacted, 4^c. That the said trustees, „..3appomf 
m a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a secretar;~E 
and treasurer, under such restrictions, obligations, and regula-- 
tions, as to them may appear suitable and proper. 

Sec. Ill Be it further enacted ^c. That when a vacancy or nnv m .*- 
vacancies shall or may happen, by death, resignation, or other- ^""'"'^^ 
wise, sucli vacancy may be hlled jjy said trustees, in such man- 

ttandhi- ^ "'^^ ^"^"^^ ^'^^'^^^"' ^"^ ^^^ ^"^ *^^ contrary notwith- 

7 



m ACADEMIi^, 



CI. AN ACT appropmling the fines and forieitm'es arismii 
from criminal prosecutions, in the county of Columbia, and. 
county of Jones, to the use and beneht of said county aca- 
demies — passed December 25th, 1821 — Daw. Com. 8. 

Fines a«(i iS^cc. I. Be it enacted, <!f»c. That from and immediately after the 
S'^Ssteiitu*' passing of this act, all fines and forfeitures arising from criminal 
sSoners^of a- prosccutions, on thc criminal side of the courts of said counties, 
c<^enues. Q^^^\ ^11 Other penalties and forfeitures, whether arising from bond^ 
to prosecute, or bonds for the appearance of any offender, or' 
any other violation of the penal statute of this state, within the 
said counties of Columbia and Jones, be, and the &ame are here- 
by vested in the commissioners of said county academies, and 
any money arising from any forfeitures as aforesaid, the officer 
or person holding the same, is directed to pay the same within 
one month after the receipt thereof, to the commissioners of said 
academies, to be applied to the use and benefit of said couniy 
academies : Provided, That all costs arising from said prosecu- 
tions be first paid to the officer collecting the same. 



conmiission- Scc. II. Be U further enacted, <J'C. That the said commission- 
account'oF" ers shall amiually make a report to the grand jury of said coun- 
Sre'the'^'^^'ties, of all the moneys drawn and applied, as herein before spe- 
^andjury. cified, to be filed in the clerks ofllice of the superior court of said 
counties. 

Eeueaiing '^cc. III. Be it further enacted, <J'f. That all laws and partf* 
clause. of laws mihtating against this act, be, and the same are htaeby 
repealed. 



62. AN ACT to incorporate the White Oak academy, in Co- 
lumbia county — passed December 24th, 1825 — Daw. Com. 

27. 

trustees in. ^^^- }' Be it enacted, <?'<?. That from and immediately after 

c^o^porated : the passiug of this act, the academy in Columbia county, no^.v- 
known and called by the name of the' White Oak academy, shall 
be known and called by that name ; and that William McGron- 
der, Zachariah Williams, and Thomas Wacson, and their suc- 
cessors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a hotly 

ihcir style: Corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The Trustees 
of the White Oak academy ;" and as such shall be capable and 

bS'?iaw?f liable in law to sue mkI Ip ; uod, plead and be impli^aded, and 
shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may 



ACADEMIES. tt 

he Tieeessary for the goverament of said academy : Provided, 
such h\e-laws are not rcpui^nant to the constitution and laws of 
this State : and for that purpose may have and use a common S Jcai)"" 
seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove ^"^'"oml"^ 
the same from office for improper conduct, or neglect of duty. *^"^ • 

5'ec. II. Be it furtJier enacted, ^c. That the said trustees may i.cid 
shall be capable of accepting and ])cing invested with all manner '""^^"'^ ' 
of j^ropert}'^, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
liges, and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said in- 
stitution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. III. Be it funher enacted, &€. That when anv vacancy "i^y.^^ii ^^ 
Tiiay happen, by dcalh, resignation, or otherwise, of any oi me 
trustees of White Oak academy, the survivors or remaining trus- 
tees shall fill ihe same in such manner as shall be pointed out by 
the bye -laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid : Provided, not toro- 
That nothing in this act shall authorise or entitle the aforesaid pr/rtViflho 
commissioners or trustees to apply for or receive any part or por- fpl'icL'^JintiT 
tion of the anmual dividends that Columbia county shall or may [Ipanhc^*"^ 
be entitled to, out of the nett proceeds of the funds set apart for j^^^JJJ. Jj;;^*^ 
the endowment of county academies, until the county academy 
erected near Columbia court l.ouse, shall be rebuilt, and com- 
pleted for the reception of a rector and students. 



;^3. AN ACT to incorporate Franl<iin acatiomy, in Colambla 
county — passed December 24th, 1825 — Daw. Com. 26. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, ^w That from and immediately after Tmi-U{?i., 
trtc passage of this act, Billington JM. ^j^aunders, Thomas M. "^"n'oiaicu 
Dooly, Adam »S'cott, George Darvsey, and William /Scott, jun. 
and their successors in office, hhall be, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be a body corjsoratc, by the name and style of " The their ^tyic- 
Trustees of Franklin academy in Cohnnbia county ;" and the 
said trustees are hereby authorised to have and to use a common Smeili^' 
seal, and are hereby declared to be able and capable in law, of 'b^, M.^d.'" n"! 
suing and behig sued, pleading ami being im]>]eaded, and to have ^y^f *""'*' 
and hold real and personal property, lor the use, purpose, and 
benefit of said academy. 



caucitK ! 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, tf-r. That the said trustees and mar fiij;v 
their Ruccessorsin office, shall liave power to fill all vacancies wliich 
may ha[)pcn in their board, by (hr<.^li, resignation, oi otherwi.'^e ; 
ai'd tha-t three of the aforesiaid ti'*;stees ghali besvHlcirnf fo '^^y.^\\ 






^^ ACADEMIES. 



aboard (en- the transaction of the busmess of said acadr m^r 
rut of th ^^*^^'^^.^' ^^'^^^ nothing hi this act shall authoiise or enable the 
awdemy ;* aforcsaid commissioners to apply for, or receive any part or por-. 
fheac:'^'i^my tion of the amiual dividends Uat Columbia county shall or may 
S^Sho/'e' '-'e entitled to, out of the nett pioceeds of the funds set apart for 
;>rebiuic. the endowment of county academies, until the county academy 
erected at Columbia court house shall be rebuilt, aad ccmpleted 
fyr the reception of a rector and students. 



not to re 
ceive any 



•64. AN ACT to authorise and empower the trustees or coiii-. 
missioners of Columbia county academy, to sell certain red 
estate belonging to said mstitution— passed December 26lh 
182G— Daw. Com.32. -^ 



Tros ees au 
thorised to 
sell forty a- 
..cres oj land, 



Sec. I. Beit enacted, (?-c. That the trustees or commissioners 
cresonand ^^ ^^'^ aoadcmy, be, and they are hereby authorised to sell and 
fSgoi^ ""^T^' "\ such manner as they may deem most to the advanta-c 
' ot the said institution, forty acres of land belonging to the said 
mstitution, situated in Columbia county, adjoining"on all sides 
lands of Thomas N. Hamilton, and the estate" of Niel Doucrher- 
ty, dec'd. the same being a donation by James Hamilton, "Eso 
dec'd. and conveyed by him in his lifetime to the former trustee's. 
jof said academy. 

tSfTrZu ^^''' "• ^' ^t Mi^^^r^ enacted, cf.^ That the said trustees or 
P^^S^nt commissioners, be, and they are hereby authorised and empower- 
ed to sell and convey, in such manner as they may deem mcst 
for the interest of said mstitution, not exceedhig fifteen half-acre 
lots of land, to be laid off on the eastern and southern parts of 
the tract of land on which the said academy is building, and on 
that part of the said tract of land which is near the court house 
lot, and adjoining to the public road leading from the court house 
to the town of Wrightsbo rough, the same being a part cf the 
Jand conveyed by the late William Apling, to the former trustees 
m said academy. 



ACADEMlEli -^ 



i>o. AN AC^ to incorporate the county academy in tlie town 
01 xNewiuin, m the codnty of Coweta, an.] to ajypohit tius- 
tees lor the same— passed December IGtb, 1823— Da^y. 
Gom. ol. 

-Jr"' ^'t^' {[.enacted fyc. That Zachariah Phillips, Levi T.r„,.„,i„ 
.V„I,am, John Dickson, James Itutehinson, Janu-s Thotnpson '"■''Sr.' 
jun. Janics M. Lyon, anil William lienvv, be, and fh< y av.hercl 
by appointed, they and th.eir successors in office shall be, and arc 
r^f-lt '"^- " '""'^ corporate, by the name ami un.ler the ti- 
tle of Ihc I rustees of the Newiian academy," in the county 
cl Coweta, with tiie pnvilejc of usin'r a common sea!. 



irinj' use a 
coiiimuu 



Ihc^i snrc;«.^L -^ "^'"" '""""'• ^''■- ^^^^ "^« '^'^'1 "•"«*«« and n-».v .r,.y 
tho X„, " ""^T' "'■ " "'"'""^y °f '*-'""' ^^« hereby au- "" """' 

. inM. 1 "TT'"''*" "l'P''°'>'-i^t<^ in the r.auner they may 

thnUbes.calcuated to promote the interest of said insHtut^^ 
and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of li^eralu^t a 1 



leefn;,'!!;-'^""'^"^''''' ■""'".'^' '''•"• -'■''* the aforesaid trus--r.».6 
^ee. anc hen; successors m office, or a majority of them are "•"•'^"•'' 

t 1. cC rS ir""" ^^"'^' "^""^-^^ -'1 re,»latio,t as m"ay 
oc nectssaiy fox the govejnment of said academy : PnoidJ 

tiiat such bye-laws and regulations be not I'-n—innt tr^'Zlt 
sWutioa aud laws of this state. '-P"o"ant to the con- 



nn-ut;""' ^^ ''/«'■."'"• «.««-^'"?. <?•«• That the said trusters 

and their successors in office, be iiitrust.-d w^fh -mJIT >^^'^''<i 

property, both real and personal, all dot^L S^' 3" "m ""'"" ' 

=^^^Sr:xSL;h£Kifi'S^^^^ 

an-Hbdr'^suSlssiftrf ia^,%J'^ '™^'-^ ^^'-'T^"'' -~ 

clarerl to be cimhl,. nf • '""','«' a'"! 'I'ey are hereby de- ''"""'• 

securin-aud ( '.frndL ff '^ necessary and lawlul means for 

ever, which the vi«v%T/ f""''T^' ''^',''''' °'' ''^'"''""'^ «■''»'«"- 
tiou IndalL of- rL ?"■■'.?' '^*'"=""'' 'n '^^'^^ ^^id instil,,. 

same. Tint part, hZT" "" ""''' '""'^^' '"'^' '-''''^ "'' '^^ 



hanne;,II',Vlf^"'fr '""''"'' •?'^- ^'hat should any 
"allien, iii sanl board oj trustees bv de-itli .•»..; • ,- ■' 
va of aiiv of the tm t-...^ 'f ' . , ' "J' ."'^■""' 'eM-natioii, or remo- 



vacancyj'nrt tin va- 



54 ACADSMIES. 

ir.anner as a mciority of the reinainiiis: trustees may point out in 
iheii byiNlav/s and reg-uiaiions, at their tljst mceiiiig after the pass- 
injr of this act, or at any nieetiiiir iLeieafter, Provided, that the 
same shall not exceed tvv^eh^e months. 

mavTirpoint *^ec. VH. Bs it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees 
ii'ift^asur- s^^'^^ hzYQ power to seltct and appoint a secretary to said board : 
^haiShe ^^* ^^^^^^ ^'^^ h^^e power to apj;oin: a treasurer, who, Letore he 
boud":' enters upon the duties oi^ his otiice, shall give bend and appro- 
ved security, to said board cf trustees lor ihe time being, and 
their successors in dice, in suchsuni as said boat d may it quire, 
not under tv/o thousand dollars, for the faithlul dischaige of the 
trust reposed in him. 

luayrernove Sec. VIII. Be }t further en-irJed, S^c. That said trustees an.d 
^'''" their successors in otiice, be, and they are amhorised and empow- 
ered to remove, at their discretion, any rector, cr other othcer 
by them hereafter appointed for said academy. 

Sec. l\. Be H further enacted, S,c. That alllaws and parts 
a.S^'''°^ of law-, militatin'? against this act, be, and the same are here- 
by FCDcaled. 



66. AN A CT, to amend an act, entitled, an act to " incorpor- 
ate the county academy, in the town of Newnan, in the 
county of Coweta, and to appoint trustee? for the same/' — 
passed December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twent}-- 
eight, so far as to appoint five additionnl trustees for said a- 
ca'demy — passed December 23, 1830— Pamph. of 1830, 13. 

A.idTtioRar Sec. I. Be it enacted, (f*'"- That Levi Wiicoxcn, Pavton 
jSeT ^^"Pinkard, Phillip Ware, James MeLure, and Eanicst L. Witrich^ 
be, and they are hereby appointed trustees ul the Newnan coun- 
ty academy, in the county of Coweta, in addition to ihose now 
acting as trustees of said academy. 

Sec. 11. Be it furlher enacted, ^-c. That fiom and after the 
SeS,*"^ passing of this act, the number of tru>teesof sjiid academy shall 
be twebe, who, and tlieir yuccessors m oflice, shall be; and they 
are hereby declared a body corpoia.e ; with all the power and 
privileges conferred on the trustees ot said academy, by an act 
of the General Assembly, approved the sixteenth of Deceir.ber, 
eighteen hundred and twerit} -eight, euritled an act, " to incorpo- 
rate the county academy in the town ot Newnap, in the county 
of Coweta, and to appjint trustees of the same." 



ACADEMIES. 

Hec. III. Be it further enacied, 6^:. That all laws and paiis c£o!'' 
of laws militaiiiig against this act, be, k. they hereby are repealed. 



G7. AN ACT to incorporate the Knoxvilie academy, in Craw- 
ford countv, Georgia — passed December 2-lth, 1825— Daw. 
Com. 28. ' 

.SVc. I. Be it enacted, <J'C. That James* Loyd, Coleman M. JJJj^Sf.f; 
K'.berts, Edward Barlcer, Levi »S'r.anrord, and William Lockhait, 
arc appointed, and they and their successors in office, shall be, 
an-i are hercbv declared to be a body corporate, by the name^^'eir ^tyie; 
and title of " The Tru=.tees of the Knoxville academy," with 
the privilege of having and using a common seal. seli 



;v use a 



,5ec. 11. Be 'it further enaHed, 6^c. That the trustees aforesaifl, ^3j'^,2u.p: 
and their successors in Ciffice, or a majority of them, &re 
hereby authorised and em}.oweredto appropriate in the man- 
ner they may think best suited to promote the interest of said 
institution, all moneys and specialties belonging or in any wise 
appertaining to said institution. 

Sec. HI. Be it further enacted, <f-c. That the said trustees, [;-:;j;^;^|? 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be ne- 
cessary for the government of said academy : Provided, such 
bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this 
state : and that they shall be invested with all manner of proper- 
ty, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, Jl'ifcrii -- 
and immunities, whatever, belonging to said institution by virtue 
of this act, <3r which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or trans- 
ferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold 
the same, for the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said acade- 
my. 

.Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, fyc. That the trustees of said J^'^^^J-^*^ 
institution, ^nd their successors in office, shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, pleading 
and being impleaded, and using all manner of lawful means for 
recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands what- 
soever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institu- 
tion. 

.S'r,*c. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That it shall be, and is rr.:;f ^ 
hereby made the duty o( said tru8te»'=, to ley before the grand irZlV.-iri'^- 

"•^ — - ■ ■ i ■ ■ » I ■ Ml. M ■ . I ■ ■■■ ^ 

BCC So, 63. 



m ACADEMIES. 

piry, at llic first terin of the superior court of F.md coniity, in^ 
oach year, a full and correct statement of the situation and in- 
vestment of the funds of said institution, in such inanner and 
form as the}' may tliink jircper, or said jury recommend : and 
the said returns shall ])y the ^-aid jury he delivered to the clerk of 
said court, and remain in his oihce, until the general election 
next ensuino:, when it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver 
niiuea to ti.e the Fame to the senator ot said county, to be by him laidheiore 
'i^emieus : ^^' thc iScnatus Acaclemicus, v/hen thereunto required. 



a treasurer 



shaji appoint ^S'cc. VI. ^^nd he U. fur llicr enacted, &c. That the said trus- 
tees be, and they ar? hereby re({uired to appoint one person se- 
parately from their ]>oard, as treasurer, and to take good and 
sufficient security for the faithful perfonnance of the duties re-" 
quired of him, in such manner as will etlectually secure said in- 
stitution against any loss which mi^t happen by his misconduct. 



68, AN ACT to amend an act, entided an act, to incorporate 
the Knoxville academy, in Crawford county — ^passed De* 
cemher 17th, 1827— Daw. Com. 43, 

iviisieesar ^Sec I. jSg i^ macUd^ 4'C. That Edward Barker, Hiram War- 
ponned. ^^^^^ Jeremiah Harvey, .lesse Stone, and James WiJiiams, be, 
and they are hereby appointed tiustees of the Knoxville acade- 
my : and that any three of the said trustees shall coiistitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 



can«Jes; 



maj^fiiiviy. Sec. n. Be it further enacted, ^c. That whenever a vacancy 

"""""^ shall happen by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the 

same shall be filled by the remaining trustee^ , Provided, TJiat a 

majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice/ 

iS'cc. ni. Be it further enacted, ^c. That thc sard trustees 
SfiJ^af '^ shall have power to appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such oth- 
er officers as they shall deem necessary ; and shall require of 
such officers, bond and security, in such sum as they [may] think 
proper ; and shall have power to remove all such officers, and 
iippoint others in tticir stead, when in their judgment the interest 
of the institution may require it, 

/tirr^atoJis Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, tj-c That all laws and parts 
* *""« gf Ij^^yg repugnant to, or militating* against this act, bc.j and thfe. 
same are hereby repealed. 



ACADEMIEr^. 5v 



€9/ AN ACT to incorporate the DeKalb county academy- 
passed December 20th, 1S25 — Daw. Com. 30. 

. Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That the trustees already appointed JJJpoScl^' 
"by the resohition of the General Assembly, of eie^htecn hundred 
and twenty-three, be, and they arc hereby appointed trustees of 
the DcKalb county academy, and constituted a body politic and 
corporate, havinj^ perpetual succession, under the name and ti- 
tle ef "The Trustees of the DeKalb county academy ;" and hy^J^^i^^^^iier 
that name and style arc hereby made able and capable in law, to 
have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and nnv how 
their successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels, and ef- ^"^"p*'"^- 
fects, of wjiat kind, nature, or quality soever, and the same to 
sell, alien, demise, or dispose of, for the benefit of the institution 
intrusted to their care, to sue and be sued, plead and be implead- KiSn"^"'^ 
ed, answer and be answered, in courts of record or other places, 
and to make, have, and ust3 a common seal<^ and the same to "•'^.y^'^^^j^c ' 
break, alter, and revoke at pleasure, and also , to or(fain, cstal)]ish, 
and execute such b3'e-laws, ordinajic'ljs, ami r^idatioris, as mayj^'-; 
by them 6e deemed necessary, nt)t inconsistent Vithlhe constitu- 
tion and laws of this state. * 



r.inion 

sou 



i9ec. II. Bs it furtkh enacted, <^r. That tlie said trustees, mnv oppomt 
or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint asecrefary and 
treasurer, under such- restricUoni^ oblio-ations, and regulations, 
as to them may appdUr suitable, and proper. 

j^.(^ III. Ifh it funther enacted, 4'-- -That any vacancy that mnr mi o? 
noj" is, or may hereafter hapf„en, by death, resi.^'nalion, or oth- '" '■"''"^^' 
erwise, su^ch vacancy may be ftlled by ihc said tru'^toes, or a ma- 

oriry of thepi, in such manner a5f they may deem proper, any 

* w to the contrary nqtwithstandinjj. 



• 7U. ACT ACT to amend an art cn^ided an act, to Incorpo- 
rat- 'he D K iih cunty academy, passed and approved the - 
twcntietfi December, eighteen hdndred and fwent} live — 
passed December 20th, 18iG— Daw. Com. 32. 

»S'ec. I. Be it enacted, <5'r'. That *Vamuel T. ]W\hy, ^^^^'^^^^-'^^^^^IX''^' 
niahHMloway, William Ezzard, .Ioscj)h Morri.*^ J:)?(ph D. vShoe- 
mate, Reuben C )ne, James Ulac!:st)eks, Wi'liam Towns, Mf*- 
rill Collier, Samuel Preevef, and James M. C. Mo'j'uv.r.ei-», be, 
and they arc hereby appointed trustees of ihc DeKalb county a*. 

8 



ft 

58^ ACADEMIES. 



^o\v many 
constitute a 



cacTemy, and that any five of said trustees shall constitute a cjuq- 



tiuomm ; J^^^J £qp ^^q transaction of business. 



may fill V 
coj.icies : 



»Sec. II. Be jl further e^iackd, ^^c. That whenever a vacaii-' 
cy shall happen by death, resig-nation, Vemoyal, or otherwise^ ti;^ 
same shall be filled by the remaining' trustees : Provided, That 
a majority of all the members present, shall be necessary to a 
choice. 

SKlS-f ^^^' ^^^- Be it further e7i.acted, i^-c. That the said tr^lstees «hah 
officers: liave powcr to appoint a secretary and treasurer, and such cdicr 
officers as they shall deem neeessary, a,nd shall require of such 
officers t)ond and security in such sum [as] they shall lljifik pro- 
per, and shall have power to remove all such offi<jers, and appoint 
others in their Stead, when, in then- judgment the ihtercst of th?: 
institution may require it. 

Repealing aS^cc. IV. Be\^t further cmcted, ^-c. That all .laws and jeso* 
^•"^*'^ ' lutions repug-nantijto, or nnlitating asxiinst this. t\ct, b^, t^nd tho 
same are hereb^s^Tpealed., ^ * « 



71. AN ACT to he entitled an act to incorporate Doolv ^oum^ 

ty academv, and to "apr^oint trustees for iflfe sameCrl^asse^ 

Decembe/24th, 1825-^Daw. Com. 28. 

- # * 

Trustees in- Sec. I. Be U euactcd, <J'C. That from and afi|;r the passage 
of this act, Joel L. vScarborough, Peter L.,Livingston, Lewis Jom- 
cr, Curtis Joiner, and Sparkman Bowen, be, and they are hereby 
appointed, and they and their succel'sors in office shall be,* audi 
they are hereby declared to be a body corj^orate 

Snon^ der the name and title of *-The Trustees cf 



c; prpoiated 



their style ; 



net; hiidn oe,* audi 
e and politic, v.nm 
the l)o(5iy count jj 
m seal. • J 



^vai : academy," with the privilege of using a common 

my sue ami '^^c. II, Be it further enacted, ^^c. That said trustees shall be 
^csued: capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, wid 
make bye- shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations a's 
iiiws ; in;iy be necessary for the goveinment of said acaVlemy, and for 
the advancement of iherature in the sam.e : Provided, inch bye- 
laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state ; 
nnd appoint ^^^ '^^^ appoint sucli officcrs as they may think proper, and re- 
uieiroifijcrs: movc the sauic from office, for improj[)er conduct, or neglect of 
dutv. 



i^S'Sy '^^^' ^^^ ^^ ^^ further enacted, tj-c. That the said trustees 
-bba.U be cajvable of accepting, and bcirrg invested v/itli, all lacii- 



ACADi:iMiES. 3 



ii'2r of property, fiotli real and personal, all^ donatioiii?, grants, 
f rivilei^es, and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong* to said 
institution, or which hereafter maybe conveyed or transferred to 
.them, or their successors in ofiice, to have and to hold the same, 
for the proper benefit and behool of said academy. 



:ncr 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, tj-c. That the Inferior Court mfci 
of Dooly county shall convey' to saifl tmstees, or their success- ve7a let \er' 
OBS, one acre of ground of the public land of said count}", for^"' '"*' 
the purpose of erecting* thereon an academy edifice. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That when any vacancy J^^";^^^,^^ 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the candei. 
trustees of said academy, the sun'ivcrs, or a majority of them, 
shall fill the same, in sucli manner as sliall be pointed out by the 
i)ye-law3 and regulations of said institution: Provided, That^^vis:' 
nothinc^ herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the 
«^enatus Academicus from the rights oi inspecting said institu- 
tion, as now pointed out by law. ' 



AN ACT to oonsolidate the academical and poor school fundi? 

rf the comity of Dooly — passed December 4th, 1827-^ 
Jaw. Corn. 49 — See No. 1 5. 



t. 



"72. AN ACT to incorporate Bla^celv academy, in the county of 
Early— passeiT December 24th,'l827— Daw. Com. 42. 

Sec, I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passage Ac^Aemy es- 
of this act, there shall be estabUshed at or near Blakcly, in the ^^^'^^''^'^■ 
county of Early, on lot number one hundred and ^fifty*iive, in 
the twenty-eighth district, an academy, to be called and kn6wn 
"by the name of "The Blakely academy;" and that John Dill, Tm^tecs uj- 
BenjamiH Collier, Benjamin Hodges, Julius Weaver, Hustcus'"'^"'''''^ 
"Stcadstill, and their successors in otiice, be, and they are hereby 
declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and 
style, of "The Trustees of Blakely academy;" and as such, be their styic • 
capable and liable in lavv- to sue and bo sued, plead and be ini- j]J,"^yJ^^/^"'^ 
ph:aded, and shall bo authorised to make such bye-laws and re- 
gulation?; as may be necessary for tlie government of said acade- 
my : Provided, such bye-laws arc not repugnant to the consti-^ndJMko 
tution and Ijiws of this state : and for that purpose may have may'hrvc a 
and use a common seal, appoint such ofliccrs as they may tliink po)»\""^" 
proper, and remove the same from eQice for improper conduct or ^"j^J^ffP^'"^- 



neglect of duty 



60 ACADEMIES. 

^iSy. .^6^- ^^' ^^ ^^ further enacted, 6fC. That the said trustees 
shall be cap^lt' of accepting and being invested with all man- 
ner oi" property, r al and personal, all donations, gifts, grants. 
])rivilege3, and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said 
institution, or which hereafter may be conveyed, appropriated, 
or transferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and 
to hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said aca- 
In^c'Iful!'* demy: and they shall be entitled to an equal share of all moneys 
iSlaeiuy'''^ heretofore, or which may hereafter be appropriated to the aca- 
fuua: demy or academies in said county, by the laws of said State, ap- 
propriating funds for the benefit of academies : and the commis- 
sioners of the academy already incorporated in said county, 
shall pay over to the commissioners of Blakely academy, one 
half of the funds received by them for the use of their academy, 
x)r be subject to an action for the same in default thereof, at the 
instance of the said commissioners of Blakely academy. 

SJiS! '"'" '^^^- ^^^' '^^^^ ^^ ^^ further enacted,, tys^^t That when any va- 
cancy shall 'happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, 1)f any 
of the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of 
the said trustees,- shall fill the sa i'C in such manner as shall be 
pointed out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees a* 
foresaid. * 



j2. AN ACT to incorporate iS'mithville academy, in Early 
county, and to appoint two trustees lor the same, and to 
make valid the acts of the coujmissioners of said academy — 
passed December 19th, 1828— Daw. Com. 53. 

Trustees in- ggc. I. Bq it- enacted, Lc. That from and after the passage of 
this act, tfhe academy now m operation m the county oi Larly, 
called and known by the name of the ^Smithville academy, sliall 
be called and known by that name : and that Simon Green and 
Thomas B. Peterson, together with John Dill, Richard Grimsley, 
and James Bush, now in office, and their successors in office, be, 
and thev are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and politic, 

iheirstyie: |^^. ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ gj^,j^ ^^^ ,,,^.^^ Trustccs of tlic Smithvillc aca- 

may sue and demy ;" and as such, be capable and liable in law to sue and be 
may'iiikl"^ sued, plead and be impleaded ; and shall be authorised to make 
feye-UAs: j-^^}^ bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary for the gov- 
ernment of" said academy : Promdedf such bye-laws are not re- 4 
pugnant to the constitution and laws of ttiis state : and lor that ■ 
IJ, purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers 
iSr?;^*''^* as they may thiiilc j)rcper, and remove the same from office, for 
improper con^ucta or neglect of duty. 



mav use a 
tomaion 






ACADEMIES. Qi 

Sec. It. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees shall ;f^,^^;«^^\ 
be capable of acctpling and being' invested with all manner pi" 
property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, pri- 
vileges, and immunities, wha;:soever, which may belong to said in- 
stitution, or which may hereafter be conveyed, appiopriated, or 
transferred to them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold 
the same, for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacied, <J'C. That when any vacancy (r^^^ri^i; 7^ 
"may happen by death, resiguation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of said 
irustees, shall fdl the same, in sujh manner as shall be pointed 
out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, cj-c. That the acts of the com- ;j,";';;^^f' ■^•• 
missioners of the said academv, up to the twentv-sixth of De- i'i;iJ»> vuuj. 
cember, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, so far as relates to cxiciu ; 
the employment of a teacher for the academy aforesaid, be, and 
thp same ni-e hereby legalized and made valid. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, <f'C. That the commissioners !,',^'|if„\"j/JJe 
of the Smithville acadcniy, be, and they are hereby subject to, l^l'^'j^^l^^' ."^^ 
and liable to an action of the trustees of the Blakely academy, iicmV" ^ 
OS was pointed out by an act passed the twenty-sixth of Decem- 
ber, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, as fully as if the >Smith- 
ville academy had been incorporated previous to the passage of 
§EdB. act, any law to the contrary jiotwithstafiding. 



74. AN ACT to incorporate the commissioners of the acade- 
' my of ^Effingham comity — passed December 1st, 1809 — 
Clay. Ccfm. 517 

Sec. h Be'if enacted, Sic. That from^ and after, the passing of ^;\"|^^^ff^J 
this act, it' shall and may be lawful that Thomas Polhill, sen. John '^>^^ i'"''"" 
JKoglei', Christian, Fie wtiin, William Bird, and George G. Now- 
land, commissioners of the academy of EfTmghani county, or 
their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared 
to be a body corporate, to be known by tlie style and dcnomina- tucir styip. 
tion of the commissioners of the academy of Effingham county, 
and they shall have full power and authority, under the style and «»;V^>o^v- 
namc above mentioned, to sue and be sued, and to recover all ""'^ ' 
such suin or sums of money which now are, or may hereafter 
become due to said academy, in any court of law, or at any tri- 
bunal having jurisdiction thereot; and the rights and privileges of 
the said academy at any tribunal whatever to defend and receive, 
foke and apply any bequests ©r donations as may be ma'Jc to ancj 



62 ACADEMIES. 

for the use and purposes of the aforesaid academy : and they are 
hereby vesttd with all power, advantages, or privileges, as may 
be most comhicive for the benefit of said institution, for the prQ- 
motion o]( literature. 

':m'n-mht Sec. II. Be it further enacted, t^-c. That the sakl ccmihission- 
J^^:'/;^ ioners shall yearly, and every year, render a just and true ac- 
count of the funds of the said seminary, to his excellency, the 
governor for the time being ; and if found guilty of malpracttce, 
such oil'endjng commissioner or cemntissioners shall be displaced^ 
by th^^ legislature, and fftheis appdinted^by. them for that purpose^ ^ 
in their room and stead. • * J ' 



:>tul U;.bii!to^ 
hf reiiiovcil 



tlie-fnnd 



- fc 

5. AN AClf to compel the treasurer (appointed by tJic ccm* 
missioners of the academy of Et^ingham county) "to give se- 
curity to said commissioners — passed Dccemab^ XSth, YS2D 
— Dav/. 0cm. 5.'* 

Sec, II. Be it further enacted, <Jt. That it shrill be, and h 

t'^uuihe-^ hereby made the duty of said commissioners, to lay before the. 

gn.j.Svr, grand jur}-, at the first term of the superior court of said county, 

m^iVtothc in each and every ye^ar, a full and correct statf meilt'of the situ- 

lSicul'^''"3'*iou and investment of the fund/? ofsifijd institution, in sucK 

manner aiid form as they may think proper, or the, said jury may 

from time to time direct ; and the said remrn shall he delivered Ijy 

the said jury, to the clexkof said court, and remain in his oflicc 

until the fiT'jt Monday in October ; when it shall be the dut/of 

saUl clerk to deliver tjic same to the senator of said county, to 

be kid by him-beiore the *S'enatus Academicus," vv'hen thereunto 

required. 

'' . "< 

rcmml^ion^ ^cc. III. Be it further enacted, cj^c. That tjie said commis- 

ioJuS^trpa-^sPorffers, bc, and they aue hereby required to appoint one of tfieir 

^?>'giv^'bon!f.own board as treasurer, and to take good and sufficient security 

for the faithtnl performance of the duties required of him, in 

such manner as will effectually secure the said institiitidn against 

any loss which might Jiappen by his misconduct. 



*ee. 1, sviM«rr-edS(l Y" i^n ?ctnf be*. c:f,''l8^3-*-!>au-. Com. 



M 

^ 



(b. 



AC^m'MlE^. ^ 



AN ACT to consolidate the several acts iucos-tjoratmi]: (lie 
Eiber: ct^unty academy, and to add»an addiiioual nuiiiberof 
tru.-itc. -. to tliVfcame—passedfDecembcr 20ih, 1828 — Daw. 



♦S^ec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That Shilton ^Vhite, James Up- ;»;';!;;»f;;f^.^^^^ 
-haw, Uichuid Foitson, *John A. He^rd, Tliomas Jpnes, Wiley 
fhornpson, J. V. IJaniSjUnd Nathaniel KnuqJ^les, be^ and they 
are lii^reby appoiated trustees of the Elbert county cca^iny ; 
a^f] as isuch, bhali be able and liable in law to L>ue and be ''"ed,|;^^>; jij*;;;;^^ 
*]ilead and be imple.ided, and shall be authorised to make such bye- [|;!'^V|'^;|'^^ 
laws and ie::iila:ions, as may Le necessary for the ii-o\^rnment of ' 
said acad.niy; Provided^ such bye-l^ws are not lepugnant to ^j^,. j^^..^. ., 
the cons-aiution and laws of this state -J and lor that ].urpose may ^~';; ■,';^^ 
have and usisia common seal, ai)point such officers as they ntay ff^l'''^^^^^ 
thii^k proper, and remove the same from office for bnproper co^-t«!rb; 
ilufct or uegdc:ct of du^y. • ^ 

Sec. II. Be '\t fariher enacted, ^-c. Tbat the .said trustees 
fchall be capable oi accepting and being vested v»'ith all manner 
of proper ly, real and persogial, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
leges, and iinmunities whatsoever, which may beloiig, or which 
may liereafter f)g convey^ or t^'ansferred to them or their suc- 
cessors iu ofiice, to have cmd to held thei ^ame iicxr the proper be- 
ueftt and behoof of said acader.iv. 



mnv hr.M 



S^c. III. Beitfurlhsr enacted tj-e. That it shall be, and is f!,:":^..?^^^^ 
Iiercby made f[\e duyty of the^ said trustees, and their successors {'^^'Jj^'J^"[^*' 
in oihee, to lay before the grand jury, ut tlje fall term of. the supe- j.;;^jf =''-^ 
»"ior court of said courity»j c aA year,jp. full and cfft'rec^ statement '4 
of the si-ualioii and investaaent of the funds of saitl insti.ution, • ^ 4 
ifi such manlier jbid form cis^they may think j^oper'or said jurvj,''^^;'^^;;^'!^* 
luayrecommeill^nd the said returns shall, by the faiifj^-y, he {■'.'•[J^^»{';5, • 
delivered to the %*lerk of said court: and k shall be the diUy of' 'ii'*'^^" • 
eaid dei-^ to^eliver^he^same to thentenatorekciwomi-aidcoun-uucui: 
tj, to b^ by him l^iid jpefore ihi SefGtus AcademicusJ'when thcro- 
Tinto re(|uircd. . • - ^ 

Sec. tV,, Be Itfurltn^' enacted, (fc. That the eaid truSecs,^';^^\iW"''' 
I>e, and they are hereby required to ajrfioint a treasurer, scfja- ^v' •• ^'';|- ' 
rate anl distinct from their own board, and to take good and sul"-^'"^ 
i:cient security for the faithful pcrlbnnance of the duties requir- 
.cd of him, in such manner as will effectually secure raid UL^tu- 
lion against any loss which might liappen by his misconduct. 

6'ec. y. Beit further enacted, ^-c. That when F.ny vacancy f^Lau f.ii *i. 
may happen by d.:ath, resignation, or otherwise, of any of tbc"^^''"'^ 
trustees of ?aid ft cad my, the Lurvirors, or a majority <'f ^aid 
lru-.tv.-es, s'lall^ f:'l liic same in .«:uf?!i maHiier a£ shall be |>OLuied 
out by tiic bye laws and regulajotis of Ue &aid tra;^[c?s. 



^ 



ACADEMIES 



"eJilscr""^ ♦'^Gc. VI. Be it further enacted, ^-e. That all laws and parts 
of laws miiifating against this act, be, and the same are hero 

by ro pealed* 



Tnistcps a"- 
thoriseit to 
TM^d 3,oou 
•>lolla''s by 
loitary. 



.JTana.tT?!^" of. 
tt>c lottery 
aitpointed. 



1i7. ^VN ACT to anthorise the trustees of Elbert county acaue* 

'my to rai«?o by lottery, a certain sum of money, to aid in 

building said academ}^, and to appoint managers of said lot* 

tery, and make permanent the site of said academy — pass* 

. . ed'E|ecember 19th, 1817— Lam. Com. 18. 

Sec. 1. Be it enacted", <^c. That 'the tmstees of the Elbert 
county academy, be, and they are hereby autlitjrised and em» 
powered to raise by lottery, the sum of three thousand dcjlars, 
to aid in building and e.'^itablishing an academy in or near' the 
town of Elb:-rton, in Elbert county. 

Sqc. II. Be it further enacted,* ^^. That John A. Hearil, 
William tVoods, Edv/ard Sims, Gaiiis Thompson, and Thomas 
Jones, be, and they are hereby appomted managers* o' said lot- 
tery, with authority to make such anangcmenj^* and adopt stteh 
plan, as they may think best calcufated to attain^ the Jbject'cr 
said lottery. 



^V■ao■a the: 
lottery to be 



the mpncy 
,4z;u? ", '0 be 
appiicri to 
buili'iina ^r\ 
acaiit^my.&c. 



iS'ec. III. Be It furlher enacted, ^^^c.^ ThaMhc aforesaidman- 
agers shall, within threee years irom Ihc^passfege of this act, 
complet-a the drawing^^f said lottery, and pay over to the trus- 
tees of saiil atfademy, the amount so r^sedhy ?^id lottery, which 
said sum shall, by j^aid trustees, be appli^^d to the building and es- 
tablishing stn ac;v»f'iny, to be cali(,\d "The Iwhcrion acadenA,** 
in or^ear the town atbresaid ; and that the sftf^»f said acod( inj; 
be in, or within one^-milc of said toy^u, and fhe sarao is herebj 
made permanisgat. ^ • 't 

' *♦ • • , . 



'J'S. AN ACT to Incorporate PhilomatlJa acadcmy,'In the couti' 
tyof Elbert — passed December 19th, IS23 — Daw. Com. 14. 



coJSnuVal' ^^^' ^- ^^ ^^ enacted, i^^n. That from and after the passinar of 
thi-! act, the academy in the county of Elherf, known by ♦ho 
name of the PiwJomadi'a acadom}', sh:\il be called and known 
by that name ; and that Beverly alien, Henry* White, Asa Thomp- 



ACADEMIES. 65 

son, Bedtbrd Harper, and Richard Banks, the present trustees 
of said academy, and their successors in office, be, and they are 
hereby declared to be, a body corporate, and politic, by the 
name and style of "The Trustees of Philomathia acadfcmy,'\j^pij.5jyjg^ 
andas such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be su- may sue and 
ed, plead and be impleaded, to have and to use a common seal, uLTcom" 
and to do and perform all such matters and things as may be au-'^'""^^^^'*^' 
thorised by the constitution or fundamental regulations of said 
academy. 

Sec. II. ^e it further enacted, 4«c. That the trustees or pro- {Tj^iTws* 
prietors of said academy, or such authority as may be authoi is- 
cd by said fundamental regulations, shall have power to adopt 
such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for its gov- 
ernment and prosperity, and to appoint, and remove for impro- ^J|2 f^niove 
per conduct, or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authoris- ^^^ 
ed by the proper authority : Provided, That the regulations lor 
the government of said academy be not repugnant to the consti- 
tution and laws of this state. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees, ^J^jj^fj , 
and their successors in office, shalf be capable of accepting and 
being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, 
all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities, whatsoev- 
er, which may belong to the said institution, or wtiich may here- 
after be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold 
the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, 4'^- That elections of trus- fi^^'^^J^ 
tees and other officers, shall be held at such periods and in suchcies- 
manner, and vacancies occurring in the board, or in other offices 
shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws 
and regulations for the government of said institution,* 



:5cers : 
Proviso. 



70. AN ACT to incorporate Eudisco academy, in the county of 
Elbert—passed 20th December, 1823— Daw. Com. 20. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, ^-c. That from and immediately after JJJ'JJS: 
the passing of this act, the Farmers academy, in the county of 
Elbert, now known by the name of Eudisco academy, shall be 
known and called by that name ; and that John Banks, Bedfod 
Harper, AVilliam II. Underwood, Asa Thompson, and Joseph 
Kucker, and their successors in oflice, be, and they are hereby 



'••'I \>y ibQ aa of aptb IX-^mber. ibss. 



66 



ACADE:^fIES, 



fheir st)'le : 

may sue and 
lie sued ; and 
may make 
Ifye-laws : 



may have a 
cominon seal 

and remove 
tlieir ofti 
cers : 



declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of 
" The TrnsteoB of Eudiico academy ;" and as such shnd bo ca- 
pable and liable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be ircpk ad- 
ed, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws ^.m] reiruls- 
tions, as may be necessary for the government of said acadenjy : 
Prcvided, such bye-laws and regulations be n(5t repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of this state : and for that purpose may 
have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers as they 
may think proper, and remove the same irom office, for improper 
conduct or neglect of duty. 



propeny : Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That said trustees shall, 
be capable of accepting, and be invested with, all manner of 
property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, 
and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, 
or which may hereafter be conveyed, or transferred to them, or 
their successors in office, to have and to hold the same ibr the 
proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 



niay fill va- 
cancies. 



*Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That when any vacancy 
may happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of thetrus- 
tees of said academ}^ the survivors, or a majority of saidtnisteesi 
shall fill the sarie in such manner as shall be pointed out by the 
bye-laws and regulations of said trustees. 



80. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the Female aca- 
demy, in the county of Elbert, and to incorporate the trus- 
tees thereof^ — passed December 23d, 1826 — Daw. Com. 33, 



Tnisfres in- 
corporated. 



their style: 



may hold 
projjcrty : 



m:«y sweand 
he sued : and 
may mike 
tlK.ir O'vn 

bye-lHws, 
and fii] va- 
cancies. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^*c. That immediately from and after 
the passing of this act, the fem.ale academy at Elberton, in rhe 
county of Elbert, shall be called and known by the name of the 
Elb' rton Female Academy, and that Richard Fortson, William 
A. Herring, Thomas Jones, Benajah Houston, and Thomas J. 
Heard, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style 
of "The Trustees of the Elberton Female Academ.y;" and *as 
such body corporate and politic, shall be capable of doing all 
acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the 
trust confided to them : that they shall be invested with all man- 
ner of property, both real and personal, which shall be acquired 
by gift, purchase, or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the said 
academy ; shall be capable of suing and being sued : of having 
and using a common seal ; and they, the said trustees, and their 
successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have the privi- 



ACADEMIES. 67 

lege of making their own. bye-laws : Provided, they contain noth- 
ing repagnani to the constitution or laws ol vbio s^ate : and of 
filling all* vacancies in their own board, which niay be occasi^oned 
by death, resignation, or otherwise* 



81. AN ACT to incorporate the Fayetteville academy, in the 

county o^ Fayette, and to appoint trustees ibr the sanje — 
passed December 9th, 1824 — Daw. Com. 24. 

Site. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That James Head, Wyat Heffiin, J'j;"fy*f|j\^* 
Jordan Gray, William Gilliland, sen., and Findley G. ♦S'tewart, 
be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and cheir successors 
in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body 
corporate and politic, under the name and title of " The Trus- may "se a 

p 1 i-« 1 11 • 1 1 • ■•! n ' common 

tees ol the h ayette county academy," wutn the privilege oi using seal = 
a common seal. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, <?'C. That said trustees shall be may sue ami 

• be SUe^' " 

capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and 

shall be authorised to make such bye-!aws and regulations as may and make 

be necessary for the government of said academy, and for the^^^^^^^' 

advancement of literature in the same ; Provided, such bye-laws 

be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state : and and appoint 

may appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove ri-Li officel 

the same from office for impfoper conduct or neglect of duty. 

S&c. III. Be it further enacted, <J'C. That the said trustees may h^v 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all mannr r 
of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, piivi- 
leges, and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said in- 
stitution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same 
for the proper beneiii: and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, &c. That when any vacancv '"^>' /^^^* 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherv/ise, of any ol tlie 
trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of them 
shall hll the same, in such manner as shall be pointed out by the 
bye-laws and regulations of said institution : Provided, 'I'hat nodi- 
iiig in this act confaincd, shall be construed so as •<) [v.event the 
iS'enatus Acadetnicus fi om the rights of inspecting said icMitu* 
tion, .a:j now pointed out by law. 



68 ACADEMIES. 



82. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court for- 
the county of Fayette, out of any lands heretofore hy them 
purchased for county purposes, and not otherwise appro- 
priated, to convey to the trustees of the Fayette county A- 
cademy, such portion thereof as may be deemed necessary 
for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon — ' 
passed December 9th, 1824 — Daw. Com. 21. 



The Inferior^ ;S'ec. L Be it enacted, A-c. That the Justices of the Inferio^ 

couit to con- PT-i T 11 -./•i 

vey land to Court 01 t aycttc county, be, and they or a majonty oi them, 
for an aca are hereby authorised, Provided, they think proper so to do, to 
fice!'^ ^ ' convey to the trustees of the Fayette county academy, and their- 
successors in office, in fee simple, any portion of the lands here- 
tofore by said justices purchased for county purposes, and not 
otherwise appropriated, which may be deemed necessary for the 
purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon, any Taw to the, 
contrary notwithstanding. 



83. AN ACT to authorise certain commissioners therein named^! 
to raise by lottery, the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the"^ 
benefit of the Favette county academy — passed December 
8th, 1828— Daw.'Com. 52. 

Commission- gee. I. Be it enacted, &c. That Morton N. Burch, L. Good- 
leesautho "^ win, Nathaniel Blanchard, and Jesse J. Robinson, Esq'rs. to-i 
mone/b>"''^ gcthcr with thc present trustees of the Fayette county academy^] 
lottery : ^^^^ ^j^^.^ successsors in office, be, and they are hereby autlioris-.i 

ed to raise by lottery, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, 

for the benefit of said academy, 

for^fhe'beifc'l ^^^' ^^' ^^ ^^ further enacted, i^c. That said commission-. 

fi^f^^aia a-* ers are hereby authorised to divide said lottery into as many se- 
parate schemes or drawings, as in their judgment shall best suit* 
the interest of said academy ; and any sum or sums of money 
which may be raised by said commissioners, under and by virtue 
of this act, after deducting the necessary expenses of said lottery,, 
shall be by them paid into the hands of the trustees of said aca- 
dtmy, ior the. benefit thereof. 



ACADEMIi!fe. (>9 



84. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the academy at 
Carnesville, in the county of Franklin, and to incorporate 
the trustees thereof^ — passed December 24th, 1 824 — Daw. 
Com. 25. 

Sec, I. Be it enacted, £tc. That from and in nnediately after t^'I^J^^^^^^^*^: • 
the passing of this act, the academy at Carnesville, in the coun- 
ty of Franklin, shall be called and known by the name of the 
Franklin county academy ; and that John Alexander, James 
Mitchell, John *Stubbs, Matthew B. Hooper, and Henry Free- 
man, and their successors in office, be, and they are htreby de- 
clared to be, a body corporate and politic, by the name and 
style of " The Trustees of Franklin county academy ;" and as *^^'' ^'' ^' 
such body politic and corporate, shall be capable of doing all acts 
which may be necessary for the complete execution of the trust 
•confided to them : that they shall be invested with all manner of may iiom' 
property, both real and personal, which shall be acquired by ^"^^'^^^^ > 
gift, purchase, or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the said may sue and 
academy, shall be capable of suing and being sued, of having ['^.^v^ave a 
and using a common seal, of appointing a secretary and treasur- ^^',"7^" 
er ; and they, the said trustees, and their successors in office, or 'a" g^,.reufry* 
a majority of them, shall have the privilege of making their cwn anci treasur- 
bye-laws : Provided, they are not repugnant to the laws or con- n.ay make 
stitution of this state, or of the United States, and of filling all 
Tacancies in their own board, which may be occasioned by death, anri fii va^* 
resignation, or otherwise : Provided, That nothing in this act ^'^^'^^^^' 
con^^ained, shall operate to impair or destroy in any wise the su- 
perintendence and control given by law to the Senatus Academ- 
Xcus of this state over public schools, instituted or supported by 
public monies, or funds of the same. 



85. AN ACT to amend an act to establish and fix the name of 
the academy at Carnesville, in the county of Franklin, and 
to incorporate the trustees thereof, passed the twenty-lburth 
December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four — passed De* 
cember24th, 1825— Daw. Com.«9. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, i^c. That James C. Terrel, Green A.iMionai 
W. Smith, and John R. ^Stanford, be, and they are hereby ap-';;ST'^^ 
pointed trustees, of the Franklin county academy, in addition to 
those already appointed ; and that all laws or parts of laws mili- 
Ating against tliis act, be^ and the same are hereby rci.calcd. 



TO ACADEMIES. 



t>t>. AN ACT to aiitlioriso the pnynicnt to the trustocs of the 
Fnmklin coiml}' a(*;ui( my, ot' ull urn iirs or (Ii\ii1ends now 
(iu<\ or to which said iustitiition may he entitled, and to ])ro- 
vid.' tor the paynit'iir to \\iv suiiic, of all dividends, that may 
beirattrr ho dorlarod in favor thcreol^ — passed Decembtr 
2Kst, 1830— Pamphlet of ISOO, 15. 

,^o.»inn.vto Scc. T. Bf it cnavteiJ, i^t. That his Exrelleney the (iovcrnr, 
TiirY^ni\n be, and he is hereby authorised ami recpiiied todla^v' his wai rant 
!n nirciTor on the treasury, in lavorol" the Franklm eounly aoadeni}, Ibrall 
arrears or dividends that may be now due, or to Avhieh tlic said 
academy may he entiileii, anci to pay the same to the trustees, or 
any of them, of the said iusiitu. ion, any law to the contrary not- 
wlllistamlin":- 



auti 



'-^-.^■l^uZv ^^'C- II. Be it furlhcr vnacfcd, c^r. That from and after the 
?um?mMtm>P'^^^'=a-;'t't^t' this act, llie trnstiM-s of said acadejny shall be entitled 
Inff^iri'-r* '^ draw and reeeMVt^iny dividends that may lierea Iter be declared 
ncwiuii*. in favor of said institution : Provided, the said trustees slmll, 
from antl al\(M'this time make their report, and account for any 
monies they may so receive, to his lixcellency the Governor, or 
the /SiMiatus Academicus, agreeably to an act jx\ssed on the twen- 
ty-second l)eceml)er, eighteen hundred andtwenty-eijj::ht, entitled, 
an act, for the bettt r distiibution and a])[)lication o( the ])oor 
school fund, and to ])oint out the mode of accountui'i; for tlic 
disbursement of the acadtMny and poor school funds; and bis 
Kxceliency the Governor, is hereby autlunised and recjuired to 
draw bis warrant on tb(^ treasnry for tlie same, upon application 
being made by one of the trustees of said academy. 

Kerenhng '^^'^- ^^^' Be it fiu'thcr Hiaclcd, k^'C. That all laws and parts 
viiausu. ^ of Iji^v,; militaUng- a^^aiust this act, be, and the same arc here- 
by repealed. 



67. AN ACT to alter the manner of appointinp^ the commisw 
siouers of the academies of Glynn ami Mcintosh counties — 
passed Dcjember 20th, 1817— -Lam. Com. 10. 

Sec. 1. Be it enartvdy ^'C. That in future the commissioners of 

(•oinmi>?iou the academy of the comity of (ilynn shall be elected by the 

acm'iMn''!!'." persons entitletl to vote for members of the general assembly, 

uyry^'S**^ «»^1 l>«' su|irriii*<nided by one mau:istrate and two freeholders o( 

the couiiiy, and the persons havin:v the hii^hest niunbcr of voteSji ^ 



ACADEMIE??. "1 

sliall i)o duly ciec'.ccl ; and tlicy sliallbold their appolntmcrits for the 
the u*>'ni of (bur v'ars, and until their successors ;.!ici appointed. 



tluil. 



llUV 



♦SVjf. il. />> it fiir'Jir.r enacipA, (^^''. 7'iiat thf' fip'-t clrc'ion sha'!-p:,.,cofcicc. 
takfr place at the court house of Olynri, on the first Monday in 
January next, and on the first .Ifonday in .January, every fourth^,, 
year thereafter : and in case of vacancy l)y death, resignation, re- 
moval (roni tlie county, or otherwise, the commissioners tlien in of- 
fice sh^l^ adverlize ane1ectit)n to fill such vacanr^y, jrivin:^ at least 
twenty days notice, which election shnll be conducted in the man- 
ner pointed out in the (irst secilon of this act. 



arnnr''"« 
for .'»i( l!i-u«'^ 

llllJ.-M.V, 
OW Mil .1 ; 



^cc. III. Be il furl her enacled, t^-^ Th'it all vacancies now v 
existin*?, or whicli may hereafter exist, in the commissioners oC 
the academy of Mcintosh county, shall be filled by joint resolu-' 
tion of the /general assembly. 

iVec. IV. /?« 'H further enacted, fyc. That all laws or parts nnp.aiin^ 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby*'-'"^'"' 
repealed. • '' 



8S. A?^ ACT to incorporate tho academy of Glynn county — 
passed December 3rd, 1S21 — Daw. Com. G. 

Sec. 1. Be it eriaded, ^c. That *Vamuel Boyd, Henry Du-rn-ters rr- 
higaon, James r^Joore, Isaac Abrahams, and John Gi-^nallat, air/"^^'^'^'"''" ' 
^.appointed, and they and their succes.>-:ors iu oliice shall be, and their so 'c: 
are hereby declai-ed to be a body corpoiate, by the name and 
styb: of the trustees of the Glynn county academy, with the pri- r.^'lJ^oj^ * 
vilege of having and using a commou seal. '""*^ • 

See. 11. Be it furiher enacted, cj-.". Thr\t the said iS'amucl May apriy 
Boyd, Henry Dubignon, James Moore, Isaac Abiabams, and nIc aillauny. 
John Gignilliat, and their successors in olhce, or a majojity of 
thrm, are hereby authorised and cm[)Owered to appropiiate, in 
the manner they may think best calculated to promote the in- 
terest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices 
(for the education of youths, all moneys and specialties belong- 
ing, or in any wise appertaining to the said institution. 

♦SVr. HI. And he U further enacted, cj-c That the aforesaid M.-y rr-.k'r 
trustees and their fuccessorsin ofhce, or a majoiity of them, are''^''''^^''' 
h<!reby authorised to make such bye laws and regulations as may 
h' necessary (or the govcnmient of said academy : Provided, 
Tbat such bye-laws an I regulations be not reputrnantto i\m con- 
tstitution and laws of the state : and that they shall be mveatcd 



ACADEMIES. 



nrxy hold ^^-^1-^ 



mciniier of property, both real and personal, all dona^ 
tions, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, \*hich 
may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may 
hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their suc- 
cessors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the proper use, 
benefit, and behoof of said academ}^ 



May pxxe and 
l>e sued. 



»Sec. IV. Be it further enacted^ ^'C. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to. be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and 
being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means 
for recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands 
whatsoever, which they may claim or demand, in right of said in- 
stitution, and also of receiving the rents, issues, and profits of 
the same, or any part or parcel thereof. 



how lilieJ. 



Sac. V. Beit further enacted, t^c. That should any vacancy 
happen by the death or resignation of any of the trustees of the 
Glynn cdiinty academy, hereby authorised and established, it 
shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the successors' 
shall point out in their regulations, at their first meeting after the 
passage of this act, or at any time thereafter : Provided, That the 
same shall not exceed three nionths. 



Phnllolect 
a, trea urer, 

■who 3}l3ll 

give bond. 



Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees 
shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond and ap- 
proved security to the said board of trustees for the time being, 
and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars,, 
for the faithful discharge of the trust repose^ in him. 



Bopeaiing '^^cc. VII. B it further enacted, cj-c. That all laws and partg 
o^^use of laws mifitating .against this act, be, and the same are hereby 
repealed. 



80. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court of 
Glx-nn county, to 'sell the academy building in said county, 
and to appropriate the proceeds thereof to the education of 
the ]joor, and other county purposes — passed December 
21st, 1829— Daw. Com. 5G. 



Ir.frr'or 



iloi?! <^^^^*y is hereby 



r 

t'l.f ■(,(•: 



^S'ec. 1. Be it enacted, t^«r. That the Inferior court of Glynu 

authorised and empowered to sell and dispose 

it'i^y of the academy building in said county, at public sale, to the 

highest and best bidder, having first caused notice to be publish* 

ed of such sale, in some public gazette, and at threo or more pub- 



ACADEMIES. > 73 

lie places in said cotinty, for thirty-days ; ar,d the said court is J^^eprocce^^^^ 
iurther authorised to apply the proceeds of said. sale, to the edu- 
cation of the poor children of said county, and for other county 
purposes. 



90, AN ACT regulatincf the town of Greenscoroudi, £:c. — 
passed December lOth, 1803— Clay. Com. 149.^ 

Sec. TIL Be it enacted, <5'C. That all moneys arising from 
the rent of the town common, and from the imposition of fines 
and penalties, shall by the said commissioners (of Greensborough) 
be applied to the erection and support of the academy aforesaid, 
(of the county of Greene) and repair of the meeting house. 



91. AN ACT amendatory of the several acts relating; to the 
town of Greensborou^^h — passe^ December 18th, 1816-^ 
Lam. Com. 1021. 

Sec. I. Be it enactedy ty-c. That from and after the first day commisPk.n 
of January next, tht> commissioners of the town of Greensbo- fown and a 
rough, and of the academy for the comity of Gi^^,ene, shall bcmadTiepa 
separate and distinct, and that all fand^ now4n the hands of, or^''^*^' 
possession of tlie joint commissioners of both, which of right 
belong to the county academy, shall, immediately after the said 
first day of January next,, be delivered over to the commissioners 
of said academy herchiafter appointed. 

Sec. 11. B 2 it fiivlho^ enacted, t'/c. That Ezekicl E. Park, commiFjion.- 
Thomas Wingfield, Ebenezer Torrance, Nicholas Lewis, and t.^ for said 
James F. Foster, be, and they are hereby appointed pommis- ''*^'"'^"'^ 
bioners of the academy aforesaid. :[: 

Sec. IV, Be it further enact-ed, <f'C. That ail lavrs and parts ^jJ^n^fai'nSi 
of laws militating against this act, shall be, and the same are 
hereby repealed. 



• Poc. 3. Fupcrscdcil by the act of isih Dec. 1S16, aiul the olhcr i-arts of this acl rclale \r 
other suiijects. 
5 C5CC. J, relates to a diirovent subject. 

.If) 



74 ACADEMIES. 



02. AN ACT appropmting tlie fmes and forfeitures arising from- 
criminal prosecutions in the connties of Morgan, Greene, 
and Wilkes, to the use and benefit of the academies of said 
counties — passed December 21st, 1819 — Lam. Com.. 29. 

fS^ec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That from and after the passage of 
feimre'^ l7s- ^^*^ ^^^> ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ foifeiturcs arising from prosecutions on 
Ted n the thc Criminal side of the courts of said counties, and also all oth- 

Trustees of • 

the ac cjo- er forfeitures arising from violations of the penal statutes of 
•fianroreene this »S'tate, within sald counties, be, and the same are hereby 
'^" ^- ^^' vested in the commissioners of the academies at the court hou?.es 
in said counties, and directed to be paid over accordingly, to be 
applied to the use and benefit of said academies : PrGiided^ That 
from said fines and forfeitures, be retained ail costs arising in the 
prosecution and collection thereof 

Repealing gec. II. Be it further cncicted, &c. That all laws militating a- 
gamst this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 



95; AN. ACT to authoriit the trustees of Greene county aca- 
demy to sell so much of the lot belonging to said academv^ 
as lies between the course of East-street, ^nd lot No. four,-' 
in the town common of Greensborough, in the county afore- 
said — passed December 25th, 1822~^Daw. Com. 13. 

«!Vustees au- ^ec I. Be U cuacted, <^c. That the trustees of the Greene 
seuTkftad- county academy, be, and they are hereby authorised to seli the 
&''e'i3Lo- whole, or any part of the lot of land lying adjoining to the town 
fough. Qf Greensborough, belonging to said academy, which lies be- 
tween the course of East-street, of said town, and lot number 
four, in the commons aforesaid. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, <^c. That the trustees of saiH 
Proceeds of academy shall apply the proceeds arising from said sales, to the 
j'^ed, °^^ '^^' benefit of said institution, in such mamier as they may deem best." 



ACADEMIES. -^rS 

• 



'94. AN ACT to entitle the incorporated academies of Greene 
and Oglethorpe counties, to their full dividend of the funds 
set apart for the county academies — passed December 9th, 

1824---Daw. Com. 25. 

t 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^^c. That the incorporated academies ;! 
'In the county of Oglethorpe, be, and they" are herehy declared fo ^^^J^f^^ 
be, entitled to their full dividend of the fund set apart for county f}[f/»'^' ^;'}'^ 
academies, in the same manner a^ though no confiscated land fiiv mend: 
had been purchased by Richard Carnes and Harrison Musgrove, 
for the use of the county : Provided alwaxjs, That should said 
tracts of land, or either, be found, all right, title, or interes.', of^ 
in, and to the same, shall hereby be construed to he fully and 
completely vested in the State of Georgia, and relinquisher! for- 
ever to the same, by said tnistees and commissioners, and their 
successors in office, all deeds and conveyances to tlie contrary 
laotwithstandins" 



Provu'a. 



'o* 



*S^ec. II. Be il further enacted, ^t. That the Greene county -^"•''-^'"^ "t 
•academy shall be entitled to a full dividend of the fund set apart tied to a luii 
for county academies, in the same manner as though no confis- 
cated lands had been purchased by the agents of said academy : 
Provided always, That should any of said tracts of land, purchas- proviso. 
ed by the agents of said academy, be hereafter identified, all 
ri^ht, title, and interest to the said land, shall be, and the same 
is hereby vested in the State pf Georgia : and the commission- 
ers of said academy, or their successors in office, are hereby re- 
quired to relinquish the same, agreeable jto the true intent and 
meaning of this act, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary 
notwithstanding. * ^ 



do. AN ACT to incorporate Jlfonagan academy, in Warren 
county, and Brockman United Academy, in Greene county ; 
and to appoint trustees lor said academies — passed Decem- 
ber 2Gth, 1826— Daw. Com. 35. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, i^-c. That Turner Persons, John C. Tur- Tnjstoc! tf 
ner, Samuel Pitts, Robert Pahnore, and Thbmas Gibson, be, and Smy m'-'' 
they are hereby declared to be a body corporate by the name S"Se: 
and style of "The Trustees of the Monagan Academy in War- ^/^Iji^,^*^ •* 
Tfin county," with the privilege of using a common seal. '^'' i^"'"" 



7S ACADEMIES. 

May apply c»^o_ |j^ ]Jq ^j - furiher enacted. &r. That the saitl trustees 
an.i tPxeir.successors in Oilice, or a raajonty oi taein, are hereby 
h3reby aathoriseil and empowered to appropriate, m the manner 
they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the a- 
foresaid institution, and to erect a suitable edifice for the.promc- 
tion of Vi:erat'are, all moneys and speciakies belonging or in any 
wise appertaining to said institution. 

T"-!,^^- iS'ec. III. Eeit furilur enactul, &c. That the aforesaid triis- 
^^r/t«es and tneir successors m.ofhce,- or a mejori ty of them, aic 
•W ^KprtlJy authorised to m.ake su€h bye-laws and legidations as they 
»> * •• ^«riy diem necessary for the government of said academy ; PrG- 
* t'to^, That such bye-laws and regrdaticns be not repugnant to 
,* • tlw constitution o«^ this state, and the laws thereof : and that they 
,^^Sen>-;' be intrusted with all manner of property, both real and persona), 
. **^^ donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities by virtue 
of this ac^ 01 which may hereat\er be made, conveyed or trans- 
ferred to them, or their successors in ofliee, to have and to hold 
the same for the use aforesaid. 



H 



3Iay pn.e a:il 
tio sued. 



t^S'ec, IV. B2 'it further enacted, c^-r. That the trustees afcre- 
sajid, and i^ieir- si'.ccessors in cihce, shall be capable of suing and 
b'jing sued, pleading and being impleaded, a'ad of using all ;ne- 
cessary and lawful means tor secuiing and defending the pro- 
party, debts, or demands in right of said institution. 



May fill va- gee. V. Be {t further enacted, ^-c. That should anv vccar 



■caiuie 



CT 



happen by death, resignatioii, or otherwise, in the board of trus- 
tees, the remaining tiustees, or a majority of them, shall hil such_ 
vacancy as^thcy in their bye-laws may direct. 

Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, ij-c. That the said trusteef: 
shall have pov/er to elect a treasurer, vvho shall give bond with 
approved security to said board of trustees for the time being, 
and their successors in office, in whatever sum they may deem 
ad .'Isable, tor the faithful discharge of the duties reposed in him, 

Sim subject S^c. VII. Be it further enacted, &c. That nothing in this 

tt) The s*?!n- *^ ^ J o 

tus acadena act sliall be SO coiistrued as to dissolve the affinitive relation be- 



May f^lec*. a 
treasu^-* ■: •■ 
w'lO shnll 



. c us. 



tween said institution and the ♦S'cnatus Acadtiuicus of this state, 
but the same shall be construed as amenable to, and entitled to 
<]3drticipate in all the advantage3 now by lav/ derived fiom the 
same. 

Trustee? of Scc. VIII. Bc U further enacted, ^'C. That from and after 

unSTca- th(; passage of this Act, WilHam Redd, Abraham Greer, John 

Joriied:"" High, Joel Hunt, William McWhorter, John S. Penn, and James 

Brockman, and their successors in otfice, shall be, and they arc 

hereby declared to be, a body corporate and politic, by the name 

heu style; ^^^1^ g^^j^ ^^ "The Trustees of Brockman United Academy, in 

Greene county ;" and the said trustees, and their successors iu 



ACADEMES. 7T 

oilice, are hereby declared to he capahle and liable in law cf sii- ''■^■"^''^^"'^ 
mg and bein^ suefl, p'efdm,^ and bcmg impleaded, and lo have 
and to hold real and personal property, for the use and benefit cf 
said acadeniv. 



be hued : 
Hna hoj.l 
pruperiy 



*S'cc. IX. Be It further enacted, ^^c. That the said trustees '''^yfi" ^a- 
^nd their successors in office, shall have p'ov/erto fill all vacan- 
-cies, which may happen in their board, by death, resignation, or 
otherwise, and to make all necessary bye-laws, rules, and regu- »'^;iy m-i^o, 
lations fomlie interest and goverriment of said institution: and 
fjr that purpose may have and use a common seal, may appoint 
such officers •as they may think proper, and remove the same 
from office for improper conduct, or neglect of duty : Provldedy • 

such bye-lav/s, rales, and regulations be not contrary to the con- 
stitution and laAvs of this state; and that five of the aforesaid ^tif^te a"^" 
trustees shall be sufficient to form a board for the transaction of ''"^^'''^'^ 
the basiiKSS oi said institution. 



^)G. AN ACT to incorporate the La Fayette Hall academy, in 
the county of Greene — passed 21st December, i827 — 
Daw. Com. 46/ 

*,9oc. I. Be U ena^feJ, tf»''. That Thomas Winston, LodowiclvTrupteesrf 
Alfred, John Park, Julias C. Alfiird, and William T. Walker are Ha ifai'K 
appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be, and mej'f'^''''" 
they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name 
and style of "the Trustees of the La Fayette Hall Academy,'^''''''''' 
m the county of Greene ;" and as such body politic shall be ca- 
•pable -of suing ^and being sued, and of doing other acts which may sue ani 
may be necessary to the execution of the trust confided to them, '"'''"''^^ '' 
and for that purpose they may have and use a common seal, ap-co'»»'""- 
point' such officers as they may think proper, and remove them ami appoint 
for misconduct or neglect of duty. oir!ccr'"'^''° 

iSec. n. Belt further enacted, ^^c. That the trustees shalPJ;^^,^';^;'^ 
be capable of receiving and holding all manner of property, 
both real and personal, and all bequests, gifts, and donations, 
privileges, and immunities, whatsoever; which may belong to 
said institution, or which may hereafter be made or transferred to 
them, or their s'-ccessors in office ; and are hereby authoiised to 
make such bye-laws- and regulations, as they may deem expedi- Kl^ilTws? 
ent : Provid-id, such bye-laws and regulations he not repugnant 
to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United ASHatcs. 



iS^ec. III. Beit furihcr enacted, ^'C. That should anj 
happen by death, resignaiion, or otherwise, of the ti 



any vacancy J*;^'J',';:^f^ 
ustees ot 



:8 . ACADEMIES. 

the La Fa^/ette Hall academy hereby established, -it shall be th.e 
duty of the remaining trustees to fjil stich vacancv : Prcvidecf, 
the remainin<^ trustees consist of a majority of the wliole bojird : 
and in case there should not be a majority as aforesaid, such va- 
cancy or vacancies shall be filled by the inferior court of said 
county. 

-e?Mo\h'^ >$'ec. IV. J?nd be it furlher enacted, <5'C. That nothing in 
sciMiiLsAca this act shall be so construed, as to dissolve the atFmitive relations 
/ epvu^. |3g|^p(3^ gj^i(j institution and the Senatus Academicus clPthis state ; 1 
but the same sfiall he construed as amenable to, and entitled to^l 
participate m all the advantages now by law derived from the? 
same. 



To incorporate Thornton Academy, in th& county of Greene 



-See 'No. 43. 



97. AN ACT to appoint ccmmissicners for, the county acade- 
mies of Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham, Rabun, War- 
ren, and Pulaski, and ^o incorporate the same — passed De- 
cember 25h, 1821— Daw. Com. 9. 

coir.mipsion- Scc. I. Be it ciiacted, Sic. That from and immediately after 
ton acade-' the passing of this act, Elisha Betts, Vincent Haralson, William 
"^^ ' Johnston, Timothy 0. Woods, and Wilson Whatley, are hereby de- 

fer Gwinnett clarcd commlssioners for the county academy of Walton — William 
academy = ^owcrs, , William Twiner, William Maltby, Thomas Worthy, and 
' for Hall aca- Jacob R. Brooks, for the countv academy of Gwinnett — Ste- 
^"'"'^^ phen Reed, David H. McClusky, William Cobb, John McCon- 
nel, sen'r. and Bartimas Reynolds, for the county academy ox* 
for Hahor- Hall — Ebcnczcr Farre, Hudson Moss, Joseph Whitehead, Jame:-; 
svam -cade- jj^j^^^g^ ^^^ Charlcs BakcF, for the county academy of Hab- 
a^'atS"'^ ersham — Chesley cl/cKenzie, Andrev/ Miller, and James Dil- 
fbr Warren lard, for the county academy of Rabun — John Butts, Ptvton 
academy : g^j^^ Chappel Hcath, John W. A. Pettit, andGrigsby E. tho- 

for Pulaski: ' .rr /^ ' i ^ i /- ixr '^ *' ti i 

academy: mas, commissioncrs lor the county academy oi Viarren — Hardy 
Vickers,- James Bracewell, Elijah Farnall, Furney F. Gatlin, and 
^j^orpora- Q^^j^^g q q.^\^^q^^ commlssioncrs for the Pulaski county acade- 
theirstyie: niv — aud that the commissioners as aforesaid named, are hereby 
declared to be bodies corporate and politic, bv the name and 
chaseiaiii: style of thc commissioncrs of the county academies as aforesaid: 
general pow- and such bo'jlics politic shall be capable of suing and being sued, 
''^* = and buying such number of acres of land, as they or a majority 



AOAIDKMTES. 79 

of them, may deem pxpedtsnt for the erection and convei'ieiice'^^^.vu.ca. 
o^ mioh coml^y academies, and of dbing all tho acts which niav-"S.iiif 



uifl <en:o\'e. 



be necessary to the execution of the trust confided to them : and Jiriocr.; 
ior that purpose may liave and use a common seal, and appoint 
sucii oflicers as they may think proper, and remove the same at 
pleasure. 



may hvU 
l)ioperiy . 



Sec. IJ Beit further enacted, 4^c. That the said commission- 
crs shad be capable of accepting all bequests, gifts, and dona- 

ons, which may hereafter be bestowed on them%nd shall hoUl 
the same, according to the conditions contained m such dona- 

ions or bequests ; and for collecting, and laying out, or disposing 
01 any moneys or debts, which may become due the said insti- 
tutions, either lor tuition, or otherwise : and also to fdl all vacan^ =-' «" va- 
cies that may happen in their respective bodies. 



tancics. 



riiici= &c. ti 
^ \i;\ul ov( 
I sjiifl com 



Sec. III.^ Be rt further enacted, ^c. That all fines and for- ["--; 
feitures arising from prosecutions on the criminal sides of the!- S' 
courts of said counties ; and also all other penalties and forfeit- "'"'" 
ures, whether arising from bonds to prosecute ; or bonds for the 
appearance of any oifender, or a-^y other violation of the penal 
■ ^.f"^^,^^ this State within said counties of Walton, Gwinnett 
Hall, Habersham, llabun, Warren, and Pulaski, be, and the 
same are hereby vested in the connfiissioners aforesaid of the 
county academies, as aforesaid named, in relation to their'respec- 
tive appointments ; and any moneys arising from any forfeitures 
as aforesaid, the ofhcer or person holding the same, is directed to 
t)ay over the same, within one month after the collection there- 
of, to the commissioners of his respective county academy, and 
that all costs arioing from said prosecutions beVirst paid • r.iiv 
i^w to the contrary notwithstanding. ' ' 



wityiin c: 
munih 



M. A^ ACT .0 mcorporate the Lawrcuceville academy, ii. 
the county of Gvv.uuett, and to ap,,oint trnstees for th 
same— passed December 9th, 182.1— Daw. Com. 21. 

f!ec. I. J7e it enacted, i;.c. That William Maltl)v Fdwivd 
J^.^e|.to„e George M. G.esi.am, William j; I^:^J;;S ?r™^^ 
«,,;.!' iT} "'" f"^" ''''''■ '"^'■'^''y appointed, the; and nuA-'^'lZoi^. 

T * : 7 *':,"*■"■ ^"'■' ""''«;' 'he tit!<. or -The TrMfcis of ben„v, 



LawrencevlllQ Academy," with the privilege uf usjnr '- ""'"■'"" 



so 



ACADEMIES. 






Sec. Ii. Be it farther enacted, i?'C. That the said tyiistees. ar.cl 
their successors in office, oi' a inajority of them, are hereby au- 
thorised and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they nioy 
thini-c calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid insiiiu- 
tion, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, 
all monies and specialties beloniring: or in any wise appertaming 
to said institution. 



'M-A.y mrike 



p.oi^eity: 



Sec. III. Beit further enrictcd, 4^ c. That the aforesaid trustees^, 
and their successors in oOice, or a majori'y of them, are hereby 
authori.D^d to make such bjc-laws and regula'icns as may be ne- 
cessary for the j^overnment of said academy : Provided, That 
such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this »S'tate : and that they be intrusted with all 
manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts,' 
grants, privileges and immunities, whatseevcr, which miay belong 
10 said institution, by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter 
be made, conveyed, or transferred, to them or their successors 
in office, to have and to hold the same. 



:\ia.vsuc3nd Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^^c. That the aforesaid trus- 
4)u sued. ^^Q^^ Q^Y^^ their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby • 
declared to be, capable of suing and being sued, and pleading 
and being impleaded, andof using all necessary and lawful means ' 
ibr securing and defending any propeit}', debts, or demands what- 
soever, Vv'hich they may claim or demand in right of said insti- 
tution, and also, of recovering the rents, issues, and profits of 
the same, or any part or parcel thereof.* 

repealing Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That all laws or parts 
of laws militating agaiiist this act, be, and the same are herebjB 
repeajed : Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so constru-1 
-^ct'u n'e ^^^' ^^ ^^ dissolve the affinitive relation between said instirution, 
senstusAca-and the Senatus Academicus of this *S'tate : but the same shall 
be construed as amenable to and entitled to participate in all the 
advantages now by law derived from the same. 



i/J. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act, to iricorporat< 
the Lawrenceville academy, in the county of Gv.'innett^ 
and to appoint trustees for the same — passed Decembf 
34th, 1825— Daw. Com. 29. 

Ad.utirrai ^^^- ^- ^^ ^^ enacted, c^-f. That James Blackman, Elisha 
3V..-.'. Bar- W. Chester, Philo Hall, WilIiam'']Mont2-omery, William Greene, 



* fee 5, arul C, reiK;;iled by ibe ar; of the 21th Pcccml'cr, lSi;i 



ACADEMIES. gj 

aud Joseph Morgan, be, and (he same are hereby anoinfr,!' 

form a quorun, tor (he (ransaclion of business ^ shdlU„„„,, 

c Kji saiu dcaciem\, snali have Dowpr in -,T^nr»i*-if « ♦^^ officers, amu 

•and the same are hereby repealed. ' ' ' "'*- 



uO. AN ACT to ada a csriaia number of trustees to the f ««- " - 



U 



m 



ACADEMIES. 



101 AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the Lawrenceviiic 
* academy, in the county of Gwinnett, to raise by lottery, the 
sum of five thousand dollars, ior the use and benefit ot 5 aid 
academy-passed December 19th, 1828-~Daw. Com. 52. 

Sec I. Be it enacted, kc. That tlie trustees of the Law- 

SlSr rencevllle academy, in the county of Gwinnett, and their success- 

Sr.°; ors in office, be, and they are hereby authorised ^^ ^fj^^^^^^^^^^ 

"^''''^ ■■ tery, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the benetit ol 

said academy. 

commission- Sec. II. Be it Jwrtker enacted, fyc. That William 3/aliby, 
«r.appoiu- ^^.^,.^^ Richardson, Elisha Winn, Asahel R. ^mith, Thomas 
W Alexander, and James Wardlaw, or a majority oi^ them, be 
and they are hereby appointed commissioners to supenntend and 
conduct said lottery : and the Foid.commissioners are hereby au- 
thorisedto divide said lottery into as many separate schemes, or 
drawings, as in their judgment shall best suit the interest o. said 
p .t ,n academy. Any and all sums of money which may be raised by 
^^F'^^LTd c^^^^^ and by virtue of this cct after deduc- 

Jk.eacaae.. said ~^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ l.^.^ry, shall be by them puul 

over to the trustees of said academy, or a majority of them, lor 
the use and benefit of baid academy. 



10^'> AN \CT to incorporte the Washington academy. In fhe 
"' county of Gwinnett, and to appoint trustees for the same-* 
passed December 19th, 1827— Daw. Com. 49. 

Sec 1 Be it enacted, i^-c. That from and immediately after 

?5;S": the passing of this act, the academy in Gwinnett count)^ now 

known and called by the name of " Washington Academy, shaft 

be known and called by that name : and that Charles Gates^ 

William Greene, David Burge, Samuel Meloney, Henry Dunn 

and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared 

to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of 

"The Trustees of Washington Academy ;" and as such, 

. shall be capable and liable to sue and be sued, plead and be im- 

KISra!;3pleaded,aAd shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and re- 

raw.'-'^'" iulations, as may be necessary for the government of said aca- 

demy • Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the consti- 

?!?maT" tution and laws of this state: and for that purpose, may have , 

-^•' , and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they think pre 

rS;;: ^erand I'move the same from office, for improper conduct or 

cers. ixeglect of duty. 



itieir style : 



AGADEMIE.^. m 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees shall Moy hold 
be capable of accepting ahd being invested with, all manner of ^'^''^^'^^* 
property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, giants, pri\ileges^ 
and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said institu- 
tion, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, 
or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the 
jjroper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

♦S^cc. III. Beit further enacted. £^c. That when any vacancy ^^^^^ fin va> 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of Washington academy, the survivors or remaining 
trustees sholl fill the same, in such manner as shall be pointed 
out by the l^ye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



103. AN ACT t9 add a certain number of trustees to thn 
Washmgton academy, in the county of Gwinnett — passed 
December Sfch, 1828 — Daw. Com. 55. 

<Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^'C. That John Baker, and Thomas A(iditioii%i 
^lorgan, be, and they are hereby appointed, trustees of the po^JS^^* 
Washington academy, in the county of Gwinnett, in addition to 
those already appointed ; any law to the contrary notwithstand- 
ing- 



To incorporate the Habersham academy — Sec No. 9' 



istncs u.» 



104. AN ACT to incorporate the Clarksville academy, in the 
county of Habersham — passed December 9th, 1824 — Da\v. 
Com.. 22. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, t^-c. That from and immediately after tt.,-. 
the passage of this act, the academy in the county of tiabersham, '^"'^i''"^'^^*-'^ • 
shall be known and styled by the name of Clarksville academy — 
and tliat James Hudgins, Hudson Jl/oss, Charles Tiaker, Absa- 
lom llolcombe, and James Allen, and their successors in oflice, 
be, find they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and 
politic, by the name and style of "The Trusises of Clarksvillf- aca- t'»cir stjic: 
demy ;'' and as sucli, shall be capable and liable in law, to -v.r and 



m 



ACADEMIES 



Kued?*'''^ be sued, plead and be impleaded, and sbi 



and mike „„^.k .'^^ i " , -r'-—, ""- oua.,i be authonscd to make 

L>e-i.v..; such bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary for the -oy< 
ernment of said academy : Provided, such bye^lav.s are not'rl 
pugnant to the constitution and laws of this state : and for that 



and use a 

comuiou 
5a;U. 



^ay hoia 
Property ; 



purpose, may have and use r commou seal, appoint such officers 
as they n,ay think proper, and remove the sirae from office, for 
improper conduct or ne-lect of xluty. ' 

Sec. ir. Be it fm-thsr tnatUd, ^-c. That said fnistees shall 
be capable of aoceptmg, and being invested will,, all manner of 
property, real and personal, all donations, sifts, £rrants, pvivile'^es 

or wlHch may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to I hem, w- 
their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, for the 
proper use, benefit, and behoof of said academy. 

See. III. Be it further enacted, ^-r. That when any vacanc/ 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of th<- 
nl^ ' i»t academy, the sui-vivors, or .a majority of sai.l 
rustees, shall hll the same in such manner as shall bi poLed oi* 
m the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid ; Protid- 
ed, Ihat nothing m this act contained shall operate to destrov 
,„„»u„,e„ ?'■ '" ariy wise impair the superintendence and control given 6v 
S^'icS-.'^^'' o "f Senatus Academicus of the state, over public school^ 
mstuuted or supported by public moneys or funds of the same. ' 



May fill va- 



t(j be subject 



To point out the mode of accounting for the disbursement 'd/ 



To incorporate Hall county academy-.^ec No. 9J* 



105. AN ACT to add an additional number of trustees to th^- 
Hall county academy—passed December i20th, 16^8-^ 
JJaw. Com. 51. 

fcJS&t Row lv?V\f'T''^' ^'ii '^^'^^ Samuel Finler, Moi^en Moore, 

roai;e,. Kobert Mitchell, Geoi-e Hawpe, and Samuel K. Oliver, be and 

the^ ar(^ hereby appointed truetees of Hall county academy, m 



ACADEMIES 



^'Juj lOH to diose heretofore appchted bv h^v nr..] -h, • • ■ - 

tr of said tru^fpoi^ .^^ ii /v. ^ P-^'iita oy ja vV, and ^.hcit a niiMOi . ^i-orify to- 
i) ui bdiu irustees tlvali iorra a quorum ior thp tr'iii^-..^;,^r. r i ""■"' ^^ '''"^-' 
biiiess. v^^ui.xiui I lie Lraiisac. Lion oi bu-""'^''- 

^ -litate against this act, ^0/ ^i thc'^^n^'a':'!:^::^^;:!-^^?^" 



Anaddicion-I trustee arpcintcJ- 



'ceiNa, ^[:\. 



ISl^-Lam. Co'n 1 ''^""'^-P^^^e^' November ^2' 



3d. 



tepheii TVeston, be an) (1?^ " {• ^^^f*^'' J^ha Veazej, an<l 

r °^ '"^^ Powers:;: s it"cocrcot:? ^^ '^^^ '™^---- 



ny mpka 

•C-luWSi 



1-oia 

open; . 



^>d their suS^s^' or- f'; '^'^^ ^'"* "^ *■•-'-« aforesaiJ, „, 
>.ay deem necessary an J proper 'for ?h' '"'■' '•''^^"'='"«"-'. »««hey 

'futional la«-s ; and thev sinil ll • ''"['T??^"^ ''^"^« '^^n- 
^Perty, both real and nL-„?',,,T^^*='' ^'''h all manner of 

lekanli,nmnifi5^S ' '^'^T'""^'^^ 

adeor conveyed to therTo.,!,--^ belon-: to, or be hereafter'""^ 

' \ '■<> bold the^vamc f the prS e':!!"^"?''^''" °^'^"' *" have 

'1 academy, subject to Seh a .•,""' ^''"'^"' •"","' ^^■''"°'' °f 

blish. '"*y ''°'' '™e «'> <im3 ordain and es- 

"' -• ill. Jjfi ft farther enar*pfl ^. t-u a ^t 
""H'd, and the rsuc«7so; ttmc^ . M ''«'°«^ above- m.v™ 
'/ '».ule capable oi' su n° an tZ' \ ^'' "',"' '^'^^ "«'" '""■ 
• ""pleaded, and of J^?^',ZLl " '"^' ', ""P'''«Jinir and 
V^^rins or dcfendC^ny 7r tZ 
■ '^-y may Chi. iu beha!fT;ai;r E;:fe;-„i~o;- 



anjj. 



tcu 



^6 ACADEMIES. 

reccvcring the rents, issues, and profits of the same, or any part 
thereof. 

o?Si':n!nd 'S'ec. TV. Be it further enacted, ^c. Tliat the trustees hers- 
ciections. jjj named, shall continue in office, until the third Saturday in Ju- 
ly next, and until their successors are elected, at which time the 
subscribers to said institution shall meet and elect trustees, agree- 
able to the articles of association formed and entered into by 
them, at the first coramenjement of said institution. 



107. AN ACT to incorporate the /S'parta academy, in Hancock 
county — passed December 17th, 1818 — Lara. Com. 22. 

Trustees in- ^'ec. I. Bd it cnacfed, <^c. That Wilham G. Springer, John 

Lucas, Nicholas Childers, Charles E. Haynes, and Thomas 

Haynes, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are 

their style: hercbv declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and style 

common of " The Trustccs of the ♦S'parta Academy in Hancock county," 

may'sueandaiiJ the Slid trustccs are hereby authorised to have and use a 

hoid"proper^ common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at pleasure, 

^^- and they are hereby declared to be able and capable in law of 

suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, 

hold and enjoy real and personal property, for the use, purpose, 

and benefit, of said academy. 



caucies : 



May fill va. *S^ec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees, 
and their successors in office, shall have power to fill all vacan-j 
cies which may happen in their board, from time to time, by 

,^ , - death, resiarnation, oi« otherwise : and that three of the afore-] 

three to form ' ini /y»- r- i ir*i • 

aboard. said trustccs shall be sufficient to form a board lor the transactioi 
of the business of said academy. 



108. AN ACT to establish, and fix the name of the academy 

at Mount Zion, in the county of Hancock, and to incor{.o- 

A:i rate the trustees thereof — passed December 20th, 1823 — 



roj Daw. Com. 15. 

Mount Zion ^^0. I. Beit cnactcd, &r. That immediately from and after 
-oryoSr the passing of this act, the academy at al/ormt Zion, in the coun- 



ACADEMIES. S) 

ty of Hancock, shall be called and known by the name of "The 
Mown^ Zion Academy :" and that John G. Gilbert, Barnaba 
»S^hivcrs, Thomas Limdy, John Brown, Beiijamin Gildersleeve, 
and Joseph Bryan, and their successors in office, be, and they 
are hereby declared to be, a body ])olitic and corporate, by the ^^^.^^ ^^^^^ 
name and style of '' The Trustees of the Mount Zion Acade- ir'^^^tees : 
my ;" and as such body politic and corporate, shall be capable of 
doing all acts which may be necessary for the complete execu- 
tion of the trust confided to them : that they shall be invested 
w-ith all manner of property, botb real and personal, wdiich shall p^of< 
be acquired by gift, purchase, or otherv.^ise, for the use and ben-^^,^^^^ ^^^ 
efit of said academy : shall be capable of suin^' and being sued, besued:aiij 
of having and using a common seal, and the}', the said trustees, lo-eiaws- 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shall have ]^^^_^^-^on 
the privilegt of making their own bye-laws : Provided, they con- ^^^^ • 
tain nothing repugnant to the constitution or laws of the United ^j^j mayfii' 
>S*tates, or of this State ; and of filling all vacancies in their own ^^^^""e^- . 
board, which may be occasioned by death, resignation or other- 
T/ise. 



mny hoi. I 
:.erty ; 



109. AN ACT to entitle the incorporated academies, in Han- 
cock county, to their full dividend of the funds set apai 1 for 
the county academies — passed December 22d, 1823 — Daw. 
Com. la 

Sec, I. Be it enacted, ^c. That the incorporated academies J,'^ff^Sic 
■in the county of Hancock, be, and they are hereby declared to emmtdw 
be, entitled to their full dividend of the fund set apart for county ueuds!*' 
academies, in the same manner as though no confiscated land had 
been purchased by her agent, Robert Thomas, for the use of 
the count v. 



To incorporate the Hamilton academy, ia the count v of Har- 
ris — iS'ec No. 38. 



ACADEMIES: 



110. AN ACT to incorporate the Culloden acad^ my, in tlir 
ronnt}^ of i>loiiroe ; tjie MGUiit "Vernon academy, in the 
(^juniv of Monroe ; the Centerville academj', in the coun- 
t\^ of Talbot; ; the Columbiana academy, in the county of 
Jackson ; the Ciaxton academj^, in the county of Warren ; 
the Moiiticcllo Union academ}^ in the county of Jasper; 
the IVood Lawn acailemy, in the county of Monroe ; the 
Talbotton Female academy in the county of Talbot ; llie 
})avisborough academy, in the coimty of ^.Vashington ; tlie 
Jenkins academy, >a the county of Harris ; and to aj)point 
trustees Jbr said several academies— -passed December 23d, 
iS30— Pamph. of 1830, p: 8. 

• 
'f?mSs?'' ^Vec. 1. Be it enacted, ^^e. That James J. Banks, John W. 
for ruiiodtiij Persons, Artliur Ginn, Henry E. ^Villiams, and Newdavgate 

Ouselj'j be, and they are hereby appointed and they and their. 

.•successors in office are hereby clecla red to be, a body corporate, 

by the name and under the tide of the trustees of the Culloden? 

academy : 

vS^'f o Aud that Edmund Jackson, John J\I. Jordan, Osborn fios:ers^^ 

oemy; Ambro38 Chapman, Johu Brown, Roger McCarth}', and Willis 

Barron, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby 

appointed, and declared to be, a body corporate, under the name 

and title of the Mount ^'ernon academy, in Monroe county: 

'ffnr Center And that Johu C. Boynton, H. P. <S'nead, L. P. Breedlove, 
^i^eacuu - ^^ p^ Thomas, and Thomas Pearson, and their successors in 
office, be, and tliey ai's hereby appointed, and declared to be, a 
body corporate, under the name and title of the Centerville aca- 
demy, in the county of Talbot: 

Tar coTumti,.^ And that Joseph T. Cunningham, John T, Story, iS'amudl 
sij^a atadc;- j^j^q^, juuV. Jamcs Applcby, and James Liddle, and their succes- 
sors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the 
Columbiana academy, in the county of Jackson, and declared to 
be a body corporate, under the name and title of the trustees of 
the Columbiana academy : 

for cirxt^ And that Hiram Hubert, iS'amuel Barksdale, Archibald Seals, 
Auaieiny: Littleton Johuson, and William Harrell, and their successors in 
office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Ciaxton 
academ}^, in the county of Warren, and declared to be a body 
corporate, under the name and title of the trustees of the Clax- 
tjii academy : 



for Mont 
Jo Union a*.a 



And that David A. Reese, Fleming Jordan, Edward \^ HilL 

aemy:"" Moscs Champion, John W. Burney, Reuben C. Shorter, and 

Benjamin F. Ward, and their (Euccessors in office, be, and tliey 



ACADEMES. S9 

are hereby appointed trustees of the JJ/onticello Union academy^ 
in the county of Jasper, and declared to be a body corporate, un- 
der the name and title of the trustees of the Monticello Union 
academy : " 

And that Thomas M. Evans, Josiah M. Jordan, Andrew Til- gJ,J'2ig. 
mer, Braxton Bird, and James D. Lester, and their successors m^y- 
office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Wood- 
lawn academy, in the county of Monroe, and declared to be a 
body corporate, under the name and title of the trustees of the 
Woodlawn academy : 

And that James Bell, Elisha Tar\-er, Henry Mims, Norborn Jjj tj,e Wj. 
B, Powell, Robert G. Crittenden, Charles *Smith, and John P. male aca^e- 
Blackman, and their successors in office, be, and they are here-""^' 
by appointed trustees of the Talbotton Female academy, and de^ 
clared to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the 
trustees of the Female academy, in the county of Talbot : 

And that Jeody Newsom, William P. Hardwick, Daniel Har- JjJ^'JjSh 
ris, James Gaines, and James M. Franklin, and their successors ^^^^"^ • 
in office, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Davis- 
borough academy in the county of Washington, and declared to 
be a body corporate, under the name and title of the trustees of 
Davisborough academy. 

Aad that ^Springer Gibson, Thomas Mahone, John KenDon> gj^^l'^^"' 
John Passmore, Hiram Reid, and George K. Chatham, and their my • 
successors in office, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees 
of the Jenkins academy, on the south east corner of lot number 
three, in the twenty-second district of Harris county, and declar- 
ed to be a body corporate, under the name and title of the Jen- 
kins' academy : 

Each of said corporations shall have the power df using a Each may 
common seal. ^;S^%S' 

Sec. n. Beit further enacted, ^^c. That the sai<^ several tnis- 
tees in their corporate capacities, be, and they tire hereby de- Jul reguia- 
clared to be, vested with the several rights ani immunities, and "''"^* 
subject to the same regulations, as are set forth and embodied in 
an act of the General Assembly — passed on the ninth day of 
December, one thousand eight hundred' and twenty-four, enti- 
tled "an act to incorporate the Lawrenceville academy, in the 
county of Gwinnett, and to appomt trustees for the same. 

Sec, III. B it further enacted, <$•<:. That all laws and parts Rspeaiioj 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby 
repealed 



(H^ 



AGADEMIBS. 



To incorporate Heard county academy — See No. 43 



ni. AN ACT to incorporate Henry county academy, and to 
appomt trustees for the same — passed December 9th, 1824 — 
Daw. Com. 26. 



Tnrstees ift- 



theitstyle-: 



Tiray vcsb & 

conrawn 

seal 



Sec. I. Be it enmttd, ^c. That John Griffin, iS'amuel John- 
ston, William L. Crayton, John Wood, William Hardin, John 
Lovejoy, and Joseph Greene, be, and they are hereby appointed, 
and they and their successors in office, shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and under 
the title of "The Trustees of the Henry county Academy,** with 
the privilege of using a common seal. 



May apply 
its funds. 



Stc. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they 
may think best calculated to promote the interest of the afore- 
said institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of 
literature, all money and specialties, or other valuable effects 
whatsoever, belonging to, or in any wise appertaining to said in- 
stitution. 






SSkw?^ 5ec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees, and their successors m office, or a majority of them, arf». 
hereby authorised, to make such bye-laws and regufetions as 
may be necessary for the government o{ said academy : Provided, 
such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this state : and the said trustees shall be intrus- 
ted with )all manner of property, both real and personal, all do- 
nations, giti^ grants, privileges, and imnmnities whatsoever, which 
may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may 
hereafter be roade, conveyed, or transferred to them, or their 
successors in office, to have and to hold the same : Provided, That 
fuVentothe^io^^^'^o ^^ ^bis acY contained, shall operate to destroy or impair 
^SS.'^''*"^^ ^^y ^^^s^» ^^^ superintendence and control given by law to the 
Senatus Academicus of this Sts-te, over pubhc schools, institu- 
ted or supported by public moneys, or funds of the same. 






snaahd 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to be, capable of suing and being sued, to plead and 
be impleaded, and of using all other necessary and lawful means 
for securing and defending any property, debts, or demands 
whatsoever, which they ma\; chim or demand in right of said in- 
stitution. 



ACAD-EMIES. ,91 

^ec. V. Be it further enacted, <J*c. That should any vacancy hap-^^j^-.!^ 
pen bydeath, resignation, removal, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of said academy, hereby authorised and established, it 
shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining 
trustees may point out, in their regulations, at their first meeting 
after the passage of this act, or at any meeting thereafter : Pro^ 
videdy That it shall be the duty of the said trustees, at the earli- 
est Dracticabie period after any vacancy, to cause the same to be 
filled. 



Sec. VI Be it further enacted, ^'C. That the said trustees jtayeieei* 
shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond with who*Ih"i 
approved security, to the said trustees for the time being, and^"^^'^^"- 
their successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, for 
the faithful discharge of the trust reposed iii him. 

Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That all laws and parts of ^^^*iir< 
laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, 
b/^, and the same are hereby repealed. 



112. AN ACT to amend and explain an act, entitled an act, to 
incorporate the Henry county academy, and to appoint 
trustees for same, passed the ninth of December, eighteen 
hundred and twenty-four — passed Deceraber^20th, 1826 — 
Daw. Com. 34. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <J'C. That the said act shall l^e so con- w^^y s*it 
strued, as to authorise and empower the trustees of said acade- S-^prffiir 
my, and their successors in office, to sell and convey, in fee simple «*«*^*^'<^"- 
titles, any lot or lots of land, or real estate, which they do now» 
or may hereafter possess, by virtue of any private donation what- 
ever, and to apply the proceeds of such to the benefit of said in- 
stitution, as by said act of incorporation provided for. 

Sec. n. Be it further enacted, ^c. That so much of said act, Re^aHn? 
and all other acts, as militate against the true intent and meatiing-'^'*'^^''* 
of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealect. 



93 



ACADEMIES. 



Trustees In- 
corporated : 



tftciTBtyJe: 



113. AN ACT to incorporate the Pleasant ' Grove academy, in 
the county of Henry, and to appoint trustees for the same — 
passed December 21st, 1827 — Daw. Com. 49. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted^ 4'C. That Garry Grice, Cornelius Mc- 
Carty, William Griffin, John W. Poyner, William Ellis, Wood- 
son Hubbard, and Henry J. Williams, be, and they are hereby 
appointed trustees, they or their successors in office shall be, and 
are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name of " The 
Trustees of Pleasant Grove academy," %vith the privilege of us- 
ing a common seal 



Miy apply 
i^t fUnds. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That the said trustees, and 
their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby au- 
thorised and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they may 
think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid in- 
stitution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of liter- 
ature, all moneys and specialties, or other valuable effects what- 
soever, belonging to, or in any wise appertaining to the said in- 
stitutioit 



Sec, III. Be it further enacted, <5-c. That the aforesaid tnis- 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, as 
may be necessary for the government of said academ.y : Provided, 
such bye-laws and regulations are not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this state : and the said trustees shall be intrus- 
ted with all manner of property, both real and personal, all do- 
nations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities, whatsoever, 
which may belong to said institution, by virtue of this act, or 
which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to their 
successors in office ; to have and to hold the same : Provided, 
That nothing in this act contained, ^all operate to impair or des- 
io"h9SeM. troy in any wise, the superintendance and control given by law, 
iiw academi. ^^ the Scuatus Acadcmicus of this state, over the public schools 
instituted or supported by public moneys or funds of the state. . 



May nrnko 
t>:e-Iaws : 



may hMd 

UfOperiy; 



tobepnbject 



May secure 
ead defend 
property : 



^Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to be capable of using all other necessary and lawful 
means for securing and defending any property, debts, or de- 
mands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of 
said institution. 



fiha]lfill\-3^ 
cancifs. 



Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That should any vacan- 
cancy happen by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, of 
any of the trustees of said academy, hereby authorised and es- 
tablished, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the 
remaining trustees may poiat out in their regulations ^t their 



ACADEMIES. OJ 

i>st meeting alter (be passing of this act, or at anv meetin- 
therea.ter : Provided, it shall be the dutv of <aid truitee's to cause 
the same to be filled. 

Sec. VI. Bt it further enacted, i^-c. That the said trustees .v.. e.ec. a 
.haU have power .o elect a treasurer, who shall give bond, with « iio^S 
approved secuntv, to the saij trustees ibr the time bein- and^'™"^^ 

h^'!l>.7i''^°","' "*'■"' J" '^^ '"'"°'' '^'^ *ousand dollar , for 
the laitlilul Qischaigs ol the trust reposed in liiin. 

5ec.Vn Be it fm-ther enacted, 4-:. That all laws and parts p.r.^n.r 
oMaws militating against the true, intent and meaning ol' this ''^'"=• 
act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 



ft^,- H '"POTorate Harmony academy, in the coun- 

ty ol Henrv, a^d to appomt tmstees for thg- same-passed 
December :i6tfa, 1S31— Pamph. of 1S31, p. 7. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted J-c. That William Griffin, John Wil- 

Sawjer, and Samue Wems, be, and they are lierebv appointed 
trustees, they, or their successors h> otHee shall be, aAdare he e- 
bv declared to be a body corporate, by the name of the trustee.*'""" 
^onsea"'^'"""-' '•''"■"'''"' P"'^'='= of using a com:?^' 

.,„f?K-"' ^' ''/"r'^''-,"»««K 4-c. That the said trustees v • 
:and their successors m office, or a majoritv of them, are heTebv '-'■'^' 
au horised and empowered to appropriate, in the inannei hey 
th nk best calculated to promote the interest of the afore^i, t^ 
M .n ."n '"^ '° ""i ^"«able edtfices ior the promotion o?tet 
a^ure, all moneys and specialties, or other valuable effects what 

Son '"="=' '"' "' " "°^ "^ appertaining to the saL in- 
Sec. III. -B'a/iirlAercnMK^.c. That the aforesaid trustees &».. . 
th^: successors ,n office, or a majoritv of them, t^rhe^t au ""*-' 
4o sed o make such bye-Iaws an,) regulations, as ZTi ne" 
ce.ssa. y Jor the government of said acadeniv • Prn,dL t 

T^th-rJl ""'•'.':*'^- and the said trustees shall be intrusted 
with,.,! manner 01 property, both real and ptrs-nal aU doni -' ".^^ 



9i ACADEMIE>?. 



{"Jbjecftothe 
SonHtus Aca- 



this act coiitaineJ sliall operate to impair or destroy in any wise 
the superintendence and control given in the law to the ^Senatus 
Academicas of this state, over the public schools instituted or 
supported by the public money or iunds of the same. 

May Ferure SiiC. IV. Bc it further enacted, <^*c. That the trustees afore- 
tropeny" said; and their succe^.-or^ in office.. ?ball be, and ihey are hereby 
declared to be capable of usin{^ all other lav/ibl and necessary 
means for securin^:^ and defending any pro|^erty, debts, or de- 
mands whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of 
said mstitution. 



8hi 11 fill va- Sec. V. Be it further enacted^ i^c. That should any vacancy 
i-ajicie?. happen by death, resignation, Temoval, or otherwise, of any of 
the trustees of. said academy hereby authorised and established, 
it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining 
trustees may point out, in their regulations, at the first meeting 
after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter : Pro- 
videdy it shall be the duty oi said said trustees to cause the same 
to be filled. 

May Pled a ^^^- ^' ^' ^^ '^^ further cnactcd, c^-c. That the said trustees 
tr«Ksurer. ghall havc DOwcr to elect a treasurer, who shall eive bond with 

who shall i* •! >,:,. 

fiiveboud. approved securit}-, to the so id trustees lor the time being, and 
their successors in office, in the sum of two thousand dollars, for 
the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. 



Rcpeaiiu- Sec. VII. Be it further enacted^ ^-c. That all laws and parts 
of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, 
be, and the same are hereby repealed. 



tliiuse. 



115. AN ACT to incorporate the Houston county academy, 
and to appoint trustees for the same — passed November 
25th, 1824— Daw. Com. 23. 

Tru5tfesin. Scc. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That Howell Cobb, Wilson Collins 
cT)ryo«ie<j: ^ichael Watson, Charles F. Patillo, and James Holt, sen'r. who 
were appointed at the last session of the legislature, commission- 
ers of said academy, be contmued as commissioners aforesaid : 
and that they and their successors in office, shall be, and are here 
by declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and under the 
"ramJi* title of " The Commissioners and trustees^ of the Houston aca- 
W'li- demy," with the privilege of using a common seal. 



Miy apply ^cc. \\: Be it further enactedy <^c. That the said tnistces and 
the t^afi. tj^fij. successors iu office, or a majority of them, are hereby au-?! 



ACADEMIES. i^»^ 

tiionzed anii empowered to appropriate, in the manner theymafv 
think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid in- 
stitution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of titcr- 
ature. 






Sec. III. Be it further enacted, i^-c. That the aforesaid trus-^yj^y 
tees, and their successors in oflice, or a majority of them, are •'>'=• 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may 
"be necessary for the government of said academy : Provided^ 
That such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of this state : and that they be intrusted 
with all manner of property, real and personal, all donations, ma.* ^om 
pfts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may ^^"^^^ ' 
belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be made, con- 
veyed, or transferred to them, or their successors in office, to 
have and to hold the same for the benefit of said institution. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the trustees afore- JJ^^^^^Jj' '*'^ 
said and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to be, capable of suing and being sued, of pleading and 
being impleaded, and of using aii necessary and lawful means 
for securing and defending any property, debts, dues, or demands 
whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said in- 
stitution, and also of recovering the rents, issues, and profits of 
the same, or any part or parcel thereof. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That should any vacancy p^^^ ^,, ^^^ 
happen by death, resignation, or removal, of any of the trustees c*ac»«=* 
of said academy, it shall be filled in such manner as a m.ajority of 
the remaining trustees may point out in their regulations, at their 
first meeting after the passing of this act, orat any meeting there- 
after : Pravided, That the same shall not exceed twelve months. 

Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, (J-?. That the said trustees May select a 
shall have power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond with who'^h";!' 
approved security, to Said board of trustees for the time being, *^''*^"'* 
and their successors in otfice, in the sum of five thousand dol- 
lars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in hira. 

Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the trustees aforesaid, 
shall take and subscribe the following oath, before the inferior Jj J'''* '^ 
court of said county, or some member thereof : — I, A. B. do ^^ 
solemnly swear, that I will faithfully discharge the duties of 
trustee or commissioner of the Houston county academv, to the 
best of my abilities — So help me God. 

Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts -^ 
of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby cilS*'*^ 
r<^pealed. 



9(i 



^ACADEMIES. 



To vest the fund of the Houston countv academy, in the tru: 
tees of the poor school fund — Ste No. 22. 



To incorporate the Flint River academy, in Houston coun- 
tv— 5ee No. 38. 



To authorise and require the trustee of the poor school [fund 
of the county of Housron, to pay to the commissioners of the 
academy at Perry, and the commissioners of the FHnt River a- 
cadem V, certain portions of the academy fund of said county— 
6eeNo. 23. 



To add a part of the academy fund of Invin county, to the 
Free School fund-^See No. 24. 



116 AN ACT to appoint trustees for the Jackson county aca^- 

demv, and to incorporate the same— passed November 20th, 
1818— Lam.. Com.. 20. 

"^^^Vil Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That Thomas Huson, Edward 
Adams, Dr. Willis Pope, David Witt, and Hugh wl/ontgomery, 
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared 
fceir style: ^o be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the 
nay sue and trustces of the Jackson county academy, and as such body poli- 
te sued. tjc, shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of doing all 
other acts which may be necessary to the execution of the trust 
may use a confidcd to them, and for that purpose may have and use a com- 
^nd ^v^S' ™°^ ^^^^> appoint such officers as they may think proper, and 
officers. remove the same at pleasure. 



Maykt)M 'S'ec. H. Be it further enacted, <J'^. That the said trusteed 
"oporty &^ shall be capable of accepting all Inquests, gifts, and donation? 



:sTC5e< 



which have been, or mayliereafter be bestowed upon them, ani 



ACADEMIES. . 9* 

sliall hold the same according to the conditions contamed hi such 
bequest or donation, and for collecting, and laying out or dis- 
])osin,i^ any moneys or debts due, or that become due the said in- 
stitution, either for tlikion or-^otherwise, and also to fill all vacan-Sie^i. ^* 
cies that may happen in their own body. > 



117. AN ACT to incorporate the Female academy, at Harmo- 
ny Grove, in Jackson county — passed December 20th, 
1824-^Daw. Com. 24. 

*S'ec. I. Be it encicted, ^c. That Russcl Jones, William Putts, ^^^^^g^^ j,^, 
Famuel Barnett, Frederick Stewart, and John A. Rea, be, and^rvcr-iit<i- 
they are hereby made and dc^clared to be, a body pohtic and cor- 
porate, by the name and style of "The Trustees of Harmony ^j^^j^ 5^^,^ ^ 
Grove academy ;'* and as such body politic and corporate, shall 
be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the com- 
plete execution of the trust confided to them : and shall be in-moyhoid 
vested with all property, both real and personal, which shall be "^'^""^^^^ ' 
acquired by gift, frurchase, or othenvi^e, for the use and benefit 
of said institution, and shall be capa't/ie of sumg and being sued ; maysueaud 
and the said trustees, and their successors in ofhce, or a majori- ' 
ty of them, shall have the power of filling vacancies in their own may mi va- 
body, and pikssingsuch bye-laws, as may be necessary to carry the pass'Sc-'*^ 
powers hereby vested in them, into full effect : Provided, such^^^^^' 
bye-laws are not contrary to the cq^iotitution and laws of this 
State. 



To incoipvOfate Columbiana academy, in the countv ol Jack- 
son— See No. HO. 



lis. AN ACT to establisii an academy in the town of Monti- 
cello, by tJie name of the Monticello academy, in Jasper 
county — passed December Mth, 1815 — Lam. Com. C. 

*Vcc. I. Be it enacted, tf-c. That Peter W. Gautier, JohnTruM 
Moore, Milton Antonv, Charles Caririll, Spencer Crane, and '''"' 



p<.>I«U''1i 



9S 



ACADEMIES'. 



tlioir style: 



^iiay uso a 
foinmon 



Levv-l-i C. Ho] land, are appointee], and Ihey and their siictessovs 
in office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body cor- 
porate, by the name and title of the Monticello academy, in Jas- 
per county, with the privilege of having- and using a comniou 
seal. 



Triay raake 
Lye-iawo- 



ami lio^'l 



>S'ec. I J. He it further enacted, i^^c. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, as are 
or may be necessary for the government of said academy : and 
they shall be invested v/ith all manner of property, both real and 
personal, ail donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities 
M'hatsoever, which may belong to sa^ institution, by virtue of 
this act, or any heretofore made, conveyed, or transferred to 
them, or their successors in office, to have and to hold the sf^me 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy : Providedy 
vsuch bye-lav/s*and regulations aforesaid, be not repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of this Btate, or of the United States, 



may sHsani 



»S'ec. III. BC'^it fmiher enacted, cf-c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to be, able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead 
and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this State, and 
of using all lawful and necessary means for recovering or de- 
lending any property, debt, or demand, which they claim, or de- 
mand in right of said institution : and also of recovering the rents,. 
issues and protits of the sams, or any part or parcel thereof : 



may fii! 
VaoaiicieS: 



Sf c. IV. Be it further enacted, <PfC. That should any vacancy 
happen by death, resignation, or removal, of any of the trustees 
of the Monticello academy hereby established, it shall be filled 
in such manner as a majority of the survivors shall point out in 
their regulations, at their first meeting after the passing of this 
act, or at any time thereafter : Provided, the same shall not ex- 
•ceed three months. 



May choose 
u treasurer 
V. },o shall 
&',.ve boa J. 



>S'ec. V. Ij6 it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees 
shall have pov/er, v/heneVer they deem it necessary, to appoint 
a treasurer, who shall give bond, with approved security, payable 
to the governor, or his successors in office, in the sum of live 
thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of 
f aid office. 



Trnstrc? -'^i.- 



9t> 



1 1^. AN ACT to incor[)orti;p Sar-fli.^ acaiie!a7,*in Ja^^pcrcouii- 
ty — passed November 24th, ISIS — Lam. Com. 21. 

Sec. I. Bs H macted. Sec. That from and mimediate]y after _^ _^ 
t.he passage oi^ this act, the academyt^n Jasper county, now known t^trpwuieui 
1)y the name cf" Sardis academy, shal: be known and called by 
that name, and tha* Lawson S. Holland, James Richards, John 
Collier, Mor-e., S-milh, Richard M Sisson,, John Moore, and Asa 
Rajran, ami their successors in office l)e, and they arc hereby de- 
clared to be a body corporate and politic, by the nnme and style their stncT 
of *ihe'trustee.s of Sardis academy, and<is snch shall be ca|.able 
and liable in law to sue and be ' ued, plead and be impleaded, and be sued: 
shall be authorised to m.ake such byedows and regulations as 
maybe necessary for the government of said academ}^ : Pro-hylia^U' 



ridecL such bye-laws are not j-epu$rnant to the constitution and T/rn,?,y*^ ' 
laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use ^ com- ^^'^^^'^^ ^,^ 
mon seal, appoint such officers as they may tliudi proper, and re-andreiiKV. 
move the same from office for hnnroofA' conduct or ne^-lect of du- cors. 
ty. ' ^ ' -^ 

Sec. II. Be it further enaciml, 4'C. That the said trjstces shall j^;^-;;,^,^ 
"be capable of accepting and bring invested with all manner of 
7:)rop?rtv, real and personal, all donations, dfts, grants, privileges, 
and immuhliies whatsoevei', vrhich may belong to said institution, 
or which may liereaOer be conveyed or transferred io them, op 
their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the 
proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, c'yc. That when any vacai]cy?2!.2^^' 
may happen by death, resignation or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of Sardis academy, the survivors or remaining trustees 
shall fill the same, in such manner as. shall be pointed out by the 
hve-laws and rei^ulations of said trustees. 



10. AN ACT to incorporate Jllllshorough academ}-, in Jasper 
county — passed December 17th, 18 IS — Lam. Com. i!3. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, Lc. That from and after the passage TrT;!=f<«'- t. 
of this act, the academy in Jasper county, at Ifillsboiough, shall '^'^'f'*'''"^" 
he known and called by the nane of Hilfsborou^'-h academv, and 
that George Alexander, Archibald Standiford, John Hill, Fran- 
cis B. Smart, and Robert E. Richardson, and their successors in 
office, he, and they arc hereby declared to be, u body politic atrd 



ACADEMIE 
100 



;i Hip ni the trustees of Hillsborough 
„.eu su>., corporate, by fte non^e «^ f^ "^^^^d liable in law to sue 
academy : and as such, ^l^^;"^^^^^, ,„,, ,hall be authorised to 
and be sued, plead and ^^ ™p'eaaec „eces.ary to car- 

make such ^y^Y'':!^I'X"^nirclJAei to them : Proud- 
rv into effect and execution tiietu. .^nt to the con- 

ed, such ^y-^^f^g^iirthJv-^pou.<^}^l 

ea stitutionand laws ot tms -♦^^if" ,^ officers as they may thmk 
- :;trar,s^nr?th:4S U o.ce, ^r improper con- 
duct or neglect of dun\ 

.t»J A- That tiie said trustees 
?ec. II. Be it f't'\^ tio^cceTof, and he invested 
shall be capaljle andauta^^^^^ 

with all manner of F°Pf '^;„X, ^'hatsoever, which may now 
grants, privileges, and '«;"^"" "f hereafter be conveyed or 

belong to said "^^titution, or wl^uch ma^ d or trans- 

transllrred to them or which may^^'er^^^^ ^^ ^J ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^1 

£tre,K^p™-°reaand behoof of said acade- 

SeSStttalSS; . such manner, asthetrus- 
*^s by their bye-laws may prescribe. 



may make 
bye-laws: 



may l>ave 
commoii 3 
and appoin 
and remove 
their ofti- 
cers : 



May hold 
properly. 



Vacancies 
how filled: 



.J (f That from and immediately after 
Sec. I. Be it enacted, '^•'^•,f^^^7„ j"r countv, now known 
the passage of this act, the acadj? ,^Se feown'^nd called by 
by the name of Hebron a adem^^^^^^^^ Shannon, James 

that name; and that J''"«''i^hn Rivers, and their successors 
Hunter, Thomas Rivers, and John Kwe^ to be, a body politic! 
in office, he, and t^^^^J^l'^K'^o the trustees of Hebron, 
- and corporate hy he "ame ^ ^'^ ^,,, ,„d able in law to sue 
academy, and as such, f => ' ^f ,^^ ^,,i ,hall be authorised to 
.., .eanjand be sued f .^^^^^ .^Ss as may be necessary for the 
^Sr&e^-'m'^ke «"eh bye4a^vs and legu ^^^^ bye-laws are not 

laws , government of said acaaevny g^^^^^ ^^^ ( ,1,3, 

„..,ea -pugnanttoAeco^stauaonan^^aw^^^^ appoint such officer^ 

S;S , P'^r rmTv\htok Fope^''^"'! remove the same from office fo 
appoiniand asthey may uiiuiv j^iv/f j * ^p fi„tv 
'kiV'"' improper conduct or neglect of dutj . 



Trustees in 
corporaied 



n>eir style 



acade:.iies. loi 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That the sr.id trustees May i.oiri 
shall be capable of accepthig and being invested whb, all man- 
ner of property, real and personal, aM donations, gilts, grants, 
privileges, and immunities, whatsoever, which maybelonfr to said 
institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them, or their successors in office, to have and to liold the same 
lor the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 



caiiCies 



Sec. III. B-zU fuiiher enarted^ S^^c. That vv^hen any vacancy Mnyfiuva- 
may happen by death, recio-nation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of Hebron academy, the survivors, or remaining trus- 
tees sha^l fiil t]\e same, in such manner as shall be pointed out 
by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



123. AN ACT to incorporate Huntsville academy, in tlie coun- 
ty of Jasper — passed December 9th, 182^J — DaAv. Com. 26. 

>S?ec. I. Be it enacted, <5'^. That Turner Hunt, Francis More- Trustees in. 
land, Joshua Haines, Smith Davenport, Robert Trippe, David R. ^'^'^^^'^^^ 
Andrews, and Miles Scarborough, be, and they are hereby ap- their style: 
pointed trustees : they and their successors in office shall be, and 
they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name may hsve a 
of ''The Tnusteess of Huntsville academ}^" with the privilege seS?°'^ 
of using a common seal. 

*9ec. II. Be it further enacted, <^c. That the said trustees, May apply 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they may 
think calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and 
to erect suitable edifices for the })romotion of literature, all mo- 
ney and specialties belonging, or in any wise appertaining to the 
said institution. 

iSec III. Be it further enacted, cJ'C. That the aforesaid trustees, Mar mak© 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are here-^^*^'*^^' 
by authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, as may be 
necessary for the government of said academy : Provided, such 
bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant lo the constitution and 
laws >f this Siaic; and that they be intrusted with all manner of 
property, both real ami personal, all donations, gifts, grants, pri- Jropert'* 
vileges, and immunities, whatsoever, which may belong to said in- 
stitution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be convey- 
ed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have 
and to hold the same. 



102 ACADEMIES. 

Ku!^"'"'^ ^^^-- ^^'' I^e it further enacted, ^-c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and tlieir successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby 
declared to be, capable of suini^ and being sued, pleading and 
being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for 
securing and defending any property, debts, or demands whatso- 
ever, which they may demand in right of ^-aid institution. 



f:>inll fill \o- 
cruicies. 



Sec. V. Be it furiker emicted^ tjT. That should any vacancy 
happ!.']i, by death, resignaiion, or otherwise, of any of said trus- 
tees of said academy, it ^;hall be tilled in such manner as the re- 
maining trustees may point out. 

>S'ec. VI. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That the said trustees 
shall have })ower to appoint n treasurer, who shall give bond and 
fe'i'v'e bolV.!. approved security to the board for the time being, and their suc- 
cessors in otiice, in such a sum as the tiustces may deem advisa- 
ble. 

Sec. VI J. Be iifnriher enacted, Sic. That all laws and parts 
Ti^po^uns of laws, militating against this act, be and the same are hereby 
.:iiu.<o. repealei!. 



M;<y oppoint 

;t tre:i surer, 

ho siiali 



123. AN ACT to appoint trustees of the Jasper county acade- 
my, and to incorporate the same, and also to grant a lottery 
for the benefit thereof — passed December 15th, 1824 — 
Daw. Com. 20. 

Trustees in- Scc. 1. Be it cnactsd, i^^c. That Jeremiah Pearson, Eli GIo- 

"^'""'"^'"^ ver, Norboine B. Powell, Jesse Loyall, and Peter W. Gautier, 
sen'r. be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Jasper 
county academy, and constituted a body politic and corporate, 

theirstyie: having perpetual succession under the name and title of "The 
Trustees of the Jasper county academy;" and by that name and 
style are hereby made able and capable in law to have, purchase, 
receive, possf ss, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors 
in office, lands, tenements, rents, goods, chatties, and effects, of 
what kind, nature, or quality soever; and the same to sell, alien, 

he'Wtid, "" demise, or dispose of, for the benefit of the institution intrusted 
to their care ; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, an- 
swer and be answered, in courts of record or other places : and 



jirop<irty 



may sue and 



inn)' have a 



ommw also to make, have, and use a common seal ; and also to ordahi, 
Se I'yo- establish, and execute such bye-lows, ordinances, and regulations, 
^'''^*^ as may by th^^m be deemed necessary, not inconsistent with the 
constitution or laws of this State. 



Sec. 11. Be it fudhcr enacted, Sic. That IIk; said trustees, orJ'^;S?' 
a maJQiity of them, shall have power to appouit a secretar}^ and ^1"^ ''^^"''*' 
treasurer, under such restrictions, ohligations, and regulations, 
as may to them seem suitable and proper. 

Sec. III. Bp. it further enacted, kc. That when any vacancy May fiiiva^ 
sliall happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, such vacancy"'"''''" 
may h(; 'filled by the said trustees, in such manner as they may 
deem proper, any law to the conti-ary notwitbstandiiijr. 



124. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the Female aca- 
demy at Monticello, in the county of Jasper, and to incor- 
porate the trustees thereof^ — passed December 24ch, 1825 — 
Daw. Com. 29. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, Sic. That immediately fi'om and after '''"^'f J^f^iJ^ 
the passing of this act, the female academy at Monticello, in the 
county of Jasper, shall be called and known by the name of 
"The Monticello Female Academy ;" and that Peter W. Gau- 
tier, sen'r. Nathan Warner, Cornelius D. Terhune, Reuben C. 
Shorter, and Peter Gi'innell, and their successors in office, be, 
and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and politic, '^«''^^^^^^-- 
by the name and style of *^ The Trustees of the Monticello Fe- 
male academy ;" and as such body corporate and politic, shall f^cnpvai pov^ 
be capable of doing all acts which may be necessary for the ^''^ ' 
complete execution of the trust confided to them ; that they shall 
be invested with all manner of property, both real and personal, ^.Ti^y hoM 
which shall be acquired by gift, purchase, or othenvise, Ipr thcami'imveo, 
use and benefit of the said acaden)^ ; shall be capable of suing s""""^" 
and being sued, of having and using a common seal ; a;id they, 
th6 said trustees, and their successors in office, or a majority of 
them, shall have the privilege of making their own bye-laws : JlSa^S* 
Providsd, they contain nothing repugnant to the constitu« icu .or 
laws of this State : and of filling all vacancies in their own 
board, which may be occasioned by death, risgnation, cr other- 
vfhe. ' '' . 



104 ACADEMIC 



125. AN ACT to incorporate Conslituticnal Hall academy, in 
Jasper county, and to appoint trustees for the same — pass- 
ed December 22d, 182S— Daw. Com. 40. 

conjorS":' Sec. I. Be it enacted, 4^c. That from and after the passage 
of thi3 act, Alexander McDonald, Obadiah Echols, Abraiti B. 
Dale, John Brownfield, and Lawson L. Holland, be, and they 
are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office, 
shall, and they are declared to be, a body corporate and politic, 
under the name and style of " The Trustees of Constitutional 
Hall academy," with the privilege of using a common seal. 



their style : 
ni-iy have a 

seal : 



iMaysueand ;S^ec. H. Bc it further enacted, &c. That the said trustees 



be sued 



and their successors in office, shall be capable hi law to sue and 
be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make 
such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the gov- 
ernment of said academy, and for the advancement of literature 
in the same : Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the 
KSaw?® constitution or laws of this Sta'te. 

^r'o^ert''^ *S'ec. HI. Be it further enacted, <J-c. That the said trustees, 
and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting, and 
being invested with all manner of property, both real and per- 
sonal, all donations, grants, privileges, and immunities whatso- 
ever, wliich may belong to said institution, or which may hereaf- 
ter be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the 
same for the proper benelit and behoof of said academy. 



To incorporate the Monticello Union academy, in the county 
oi Jasper — See No. 110. i 



126. AN ACT for erecting and establishing an academy in the 
town of Louisville, and for other purposes therein mention- 
ed—passed February 22d, 1796— Craw. & Mar. Dig. 567. 

o.mmission. .^gp. J. j^g it euacied, ^-c. That the Rev'd. David Bothwell, . j 
7>..muea. John Shellman, James Merriwethcr, John Cobb, and Josiah Ster- 
rctt, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for carry- 
ing: into effect the intention of this act, as is hereafter pointed out. 



ACADEMIES. 10^ 

S'ec. 11. Be It farther enacted, <?'/-. That the said commission- ^^i^.^''^"' 
*3rs of Louisville, be, and they are hereby directed to lay out for- 
ty acres of the land reserved for the said academy, and belong- 
ing to the said town of Louisville, into four acre lots, and also 
one acre lot for erecting said academy on, and deliver a plan 
thereof to the commissioners or trustees of said academy, who 
are hereby authorised and empowered to sell the said four acre 
lots to the highest bidder, and shall convey the same to the pur- 
chaser, or purchasers in a full and ample manner, expressing in 
the deed or conveyance, the intention of the sale of such lots. 



• pnr- 
chaste oi\<i 



Sec. in. Be it farther enacted, fyc. That the said commis-^Tay 
sioners or trustees of said academy, be, and are hereby authoris- thousand' 
ed to purchase confiscated property, at the first sale or sales thatwo'"hofron^ 
may take place, to the amount of one thousand pounds, and ap- peS!^'^ ^^'" 
ply the same as heretofore directed. 

iSec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees ^^^^J^^^;^^ 
or commissioners of the said academy, be, and they are hereby 
authorised and empowered, as soon as they shall be enabled by 
the fund arising from the sale of the aforementioned four acre 
lots and confiscated property, to erect on the said one acre lot, 
that shall be laid out on the most eligible place and convenient 
situation for that purpose, a building commodious and proper to 
answer the intention of this act, as an academy aforesaid, and to 
enter into such contracts for erecting the same, as may be thought 
most advantageous for the said fund, by a majority of said com- 
missioners, and further to procure and agree with proper mas- 
ters and professors, for the teaching, instructing, and ruling the m^y make 
same, and to institute such bye-laws for the increasing said fund, 
and better govermng the said academy, as to said commissioners 
may appear best adapted for the purpose aforesaid. 

jS^ec. V. Be it further enacted, i^cr^ That if said commis- 
sioners or trustees shall be found guilty of malpractice, they raoved^for' 
shall be displaced, and others appointed for that purpose, in his '^^^'i*^^^^^'""*- 
or their room. 



* ?oc. 5, first part superEeJed by t.he act of isth Dcccrriber. me. 

14 



rm ACADEMIES. 



127. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of Louisville, to 
lay out in lots, and sell such part of the common of said 
town, as they may think proper, and to appropriate the pro- 
ceeds of such sales to the use of the academy of Louisville — 
passed December 10th, 1808 — Clay. Com. 496. 



'I'own ron 
n>6ns will b 



Hi/. 



Sec. 1. Be it enacted, >^'C. That from and immediately after the 
^oidlSfhl? Passing of this act, the commissioners of the town of Louisville 
b. nefit of ard authorised and required to lay out in lots of such size as they 
mayjudg^e will he most productive, such part of the commons as 
may to them appear proper or necessary, and to sell or dispose of 
such lots by public sale, or otherwise, that may be most produc- 
tive, and on receipt of the moneys arising from such sales, after 
paying the expenses incurred by laying out and selling the same, 
the proceeds shall by them be placed in the hands of the com- 
missioners of the Louisville academy, by them to be applied to 
the use and benefit of that iiistitution. 



128>. AN ACT to appoint additional trustees for the academy of 
Jefferson county, and to add a part of the poor school fund 
of the county, to the funds of that academy ; and to autho- 
rise the said trustees to draw the dividends due the said aca- 
demy ; and also the funds added to the same by this act — 
passed December 22d, 1827 — Daw. Com. 42. 

A.i'ditioniJi Sec. L Be it enacted, <5«c. That Roger L. Gamble, Asa Holf, 

pSlT^^'Ebenezer Bothwell, Benjamin Gobert, Samuel W. Robins, and 

Joseph Lowrey, -be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of 

the academy of Jeiferson county, in addition to those already ap- 

pointedy. 

iooaousrsci Sec. II. Be itfuriher enacted, 4'^. That four hundred dol- 
schoTfund. lars of the poor school fund of the county of Jeflerson, now in 
Sadei?!** the treasury, shall be added to and become a part of the funds of 
fund. ii^Q Jefferson county academ. 

Tfvstres ^^^* ^^^' ^<^ ^t fuTther euacttd, ^'C. That the trustees shall be 

'-X/i^S ^^^^^^^^ ^o ^^^^ from the treasury, the dividend which has been 
' * ■' declared in favor of the Jefferson county academy, under the 
act of the legislature of eighteen hundred and twenty-two : also 
the four hundred dollars of the poor school fund, which has been 
a'dd(^d to the funds of that acad'emy, by this act — any law to the 
contrary imtwlthstandin?. 



ACADEMIES. 107 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <?-c. That the said trustcesIStp^ 
shall have power and authority to fill any vacancy that may oc-^^- 
cur in the said board, by death, resi.^ation, or otherwise, alter 
the number shall have been reduced below five, and not before..- 



129. AN ACT to incorporate the Clinton academy, in Jones 
county — ^passed December 15tb, 1821 — Daw. Cora. 7. 

iSec. I. Be it enacted^ fyc. That from and immediately after Trustees in- 
the passing of this act, the academy in Jones county, now known ''■'^'"'^'-^''^ 
by the name of Clinton academy, shall be known and called by 
that name, and that James Smith, Gusta\'us Hendrick, Samuel 
Lowther, Charles J. McDonald, and Henry G. Lamar, and their 
successoi-s in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a 
body corporate and pohtic, by the name and style of "The Trus- ^'^ sirjp : 
tees of Clinton academy ;'* and as such, shall be capable andlia-^^ sue and 
ble in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall t-e sued- " - 
be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be CS-^jl ™wsT 
necessary for the government of said academy : Provided^ such 
bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this "^lion^sii 
State ; and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, ^J^^^^'p^ove 
appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove thet^'eitofficfj.;. 
same from office, for improper conduct or neglect of duty. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said tiustees shalUjjJ'J^^j^'^ 
be capable of accepting, and being mvested with all manner of 
property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, pri- 
vileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said 
institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

*Sec. III. Be il further enacted, &c. That when any va- s^'^' ^'' ''^ - 
cancy may iiappen by death, resignation, or otherwise, oi any ot 
the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of said 
trustees, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out; 
by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



To appropriate the fines and forfeitures arising from criminal 
prosecutions, in the county of Jones, to ihc use and benefit c{ 
the academvof that countv — ^tc No. 61. 



I OS ACADExMIES. 



130. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of CHnton academy, m 
the county of Jones, to raise by lottery the sum of live thou- 
sand dollars, for the benefit of said academy — ^passed 2 2d 
December, 1827— Daw. Com. 48. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, S^c. That the trustees of Clinton aca- 
Trustees au- dcmv, iu tlic counlv of Joucs, and their successors in office, be, 

thorised to _ -,' i i i • i • i i 

Tiise 5,000 and they are hereby authorised to raise by lottery, a sum not ex- 
louwy.''^ ceeding five thousand dollars, for the benefit of said academy. 



Commissioir- 
ers to con- 
duct, said lot- 
tery: . 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That Robert Hardeman, 
Samuel Lowther, John Harvey, John Spier, James Billingslea, 
and James George, Esq'rs. or a majority of them, be, and they 
are hereby appointed commissioners, to superintend and conduct 
said lottery ; and the said commissioners are hereby authorised 
and empowered to divide said lottery into as many separate 
schemes or drawings, as in their judgment shall best suit the in- 
terests of said academy : and any sum or sums of money which 
may be raised by said commissioners, under and by virtue of this 
jvj"]^M over act, after deducting the necessary expenses of said lottery, shall 
tees. ^ '"^' be by them paid over to the trustees of said academy, for the use 
and benefit thereof. 



proc;eods to 



131 AN ACT to incorporate the Farmers academy, in the coun- 
ty of Jones — passed December 19th, 1822 — Daw. Com. 11. 

Trusrefts in- Scc. I. Be it cnactcd, ^c. That from and immediately after 
coryoiated : ^^^ passage of this act, the academy in the county of Jones, 
now known by the name of the Farmers academy, shall be 
known and called by that name ; and that Bailey Bell, Adam 
Carson, Kichen P. Thweat, James Locket, Cyrus Cotton, Sam- 
uel Barron, and William Cowan, and their successors in office, 
be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and po- 
litic, by the name and style of " The Trustees of the Farmers 
may sue and acadcmy ; and as such shall be capable and liable in law, to sue 
make'byj!;"'^ aud bc sucd, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to 
iawa ; jj^g^i^g s^g|^ bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary for the 
M h V government of said academy : Provided, such bye-laws are not 
common seal repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State : and for 
tnd remove that purposc may have and use a common seal, and appoint such 
officers; officers as they may think proper, and remove the same Irom 
office for improper conduct, or neglect of duty. 



their st^le : 



ACADEMIES. 101^ 

Sec. II. Beit further enacted, 4'C. That the said trustees J^^ ^''^'^ 



apyen,-. 



shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner 
of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
leges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to the said 
institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them and their successors in office, to have and to hold ihe same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of the said academy. 

^ec. III. Be it further enacted, <^c. That when any vacancy g^^^, ^„ 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one of vacancies. 
the trustees of said academy, the survivors or a majcrity of ihem. 
shall fill the same, in such manner as may be pointed out by the 
bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



132. AN ACT to change the name of the Farmers academy, 
in Jones county — passed December 20th, 1823 — Daw, 
Com. 18. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, d-c. That from and immediately after i'p ^f ♦^»i'«'^' 

r> 1 ' 11 •! \ r T Planters acii- 

the passmg ol this act, the academy mthe couiVy oi Jones, now demy. 
known by the name of Farmers academy, shall be known and 
called by the name of Planters academy. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts of^^^^^^.^,^ 
laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re- clause' " 
pealed. 



133. AN ACT to incorporate the Flat Shoal academy, in the 
county of Jones — passed November 30th, 1826 — Daw. 
Com. 38. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That from and after the passing of Trustees in 
this act, the academy in the county of Jones, now known ^nd '^°'^^*^'*^'^'^ 
called by the name of the Flat Shoal academj^, shall b<^ known 
and called by that name ; and that Abner Davis, Jesse Coxe, 
Peter Northern, Ichabod Coxe, and Joshua B. Bateman, and 
their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be 
a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of t'The'^^''^*^^* 
Trustees of the Flat Shoal academy ;" and as such shall be ca- 



no ACADEMIES. 

I 
^".^JJ^^^Jjpable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be implead- 
j;^ake^>e- ed, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regula- 
tions as may be necessary for the government of said academy : 
may have a Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution 
^uT^p^pofni and laws of this State : and for that purpose may have and use 
officers^^^^ a common seal, appoint such officers as they think proper, and 
remove the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of 
^uty. 



3tay hold Sec. II Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees 
prorenj. ^]^qI\ jjg capable of accepting and being invested with all man- 
ner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, pri- 
vileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said m- 
Btitution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same, 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

y^cancies Sec. III. Be it further enacted, <J'C. That when any vacancy 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of the Flat Shoal academy, the survivors, or remaining 
trustees shall fill the same, in such manner as shall be pointed out 
by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid : Pro- 
vided, ,that nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to 

seSaiusAca^ prevent the Senatus Academicus from the right of inspecting 

demicus. this institution,^ as now pointed out by law. 



134. AN ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Laurens coun- 
ty academy — passed HthDecember, 1819 — Lam. Com. 27. 

•rrn^tees in- ^^^- ^' ^^ ^^ Buacted, ^c. That John Fulwood, John G. 

corporatcd: Uuderwood, Jacob Robinson, John Guyton, Amos Love, Luns- 
ford C. Pitts, and George W. Welch, and their successors in of- 
fice, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corpo- 
rate, by the name and style of the trustees of the Laurens coun- 
ty academy : and the said trustees and their successors in office, 

nay stie and are hereby declared to be able and capable in law of suing and 
being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and to have, hold, and 

and hold enjoy real and personal property, for the use, purpose, and bene- 
fit of said academy. 



their style : 



property. 



May hold Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees 

projierty. ^^^ ^j^^j^, succcssors in office, shall be capable of accepting, and 

being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, 

all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities, whatsoever, 

which may now belong to said academy, or which may hereafter 



ACADEMIES 111 

be bequeathed, given, conveyed, or transferred to them, for the 
use and benefit of said academy. 

^^c. UL Be it fnriher enacted, ^-c. That the said trustee'- . •. 
and their successors m office, shall have power and authority to """"«- 
appoint sucn officers as they or a majority of them may thinJc "'""'" 
proper and remove the same from oliice for improper conduct 
or neglect of duty, and that the said trustees and their success, 
ors, shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen in thr- 

^^''Itr TV° "'"'',^^ '^^^*''' ■■<^*'S"«*i«". or otherwise, aBd„, 

to make such laws and regulations for the government alid cl?."" 

management of said institution, (not contrary to the laws and IJif''" 

dLm ?^;er ^'"'"'^ '' ''^^ "' " '"^j""*^ '' *«>» »"' 

Sec. IV Se it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts 
re eded" ''"^"^ ^^^"*' *'' *'^^' ^^' ^^'^ ^'^ ^^"^ """^ liwe^y "'■ '''^= 



' clause. 



lio. AN ACT to alter and amend the laws heretofore passed 
fixmg the site of the public buildings of Laurens county, ix^ 
the to>vnof Dublin, and more particularly to define the du- 

,. f'"- Vnpf^M'f^f •1'!?''''^: ^'- "r^*' *« ^a«' commis-ovcn..»..r 
sioners, (of the public buildmgs m the town of Dublin, county Sfif^" 
ot Laurens) or their successors in office, shall pay over any bal ""•'!:.■"" 
ance which may be found remaining on account of such^sale!---'-- 
\of lots m the town of Dublin) to the trustees of Laurens coupl 
ty academy, to become a part of the funds of said institution. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That it shall be the duty of 
the commissioaers aforesaid, to lay off a lot of four acres of* '«»'» 
ground in some suitable situation on the public lands, and con-S'^S'- 
vey the same to the trustees of the Laurens county academy, on""' 
which to erect an academy, and such other buUdings as may be 
necessary, for that institution.* ^ 



• The other i,Xi of ll.is M relats tooO.ersuniects. 



H^ ACADEMIE; 



13G AN \CT to authorise the payment to the trustees of Latl- 
' rens county academy, or any one of them, of all arrears or 
dividends now due, or to which the said mstitution m^y be 
entitled, at the next division of the funds set apart by law, 
for academical purposes, and also to authorise the payment^ 
of the poor school fund now due the county of Laurens, or 
which may fall due the said county oi Laurens, on the next 
division of the same, set apart by law for the purposes of cd- 
ucation ; to be paid over to the inferior court of the county 
Laurens, or to the trustees of the poor school fund ot saitt 
county • and to transfer the funds of Union academy, ot 
Putnam county, to the management of certain persons here- 
in named— passed December 26th, 1831— Pamph. of 1831, 
p. 16. 

...e.rsto.e S^. L Be it emctcd, ^c. That his Excellency the Governor, 

S5To the , ^^ be is hereby required to draw his warrant on the treasur- 

l=r^ er'ir&vor of the Laurens county academy, forall arrears or di» 

Sr '''• 'idemV, that may now be due, or to which the said academy may 

be entitled, at the next dividend or distribution of the sum ot mo- 

Rev heretofore set apart by law for academical purposes ; and to 

pay the same over to the trustees of said academy, or any one ot 

them— any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 

The poor ^ec IL Be it further enacted, cj-c. That his Excellency the 

lo^rUlT?o GovernQr is hereby authorised and required to draw his warrant 
Surt'of on the treasurer, in favor of the inferior court of Laurens coun- 
trustee of . q^. ^^g trustce of the poor school fund of said county, lor any 
^a»d fund. ^, ^^. ^^ .^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ dividend or distri- 
bution of the poor school fund of this State, may be tound to be ; 
due said county, as her proportionate part of said fund, and that 
the same be paid over to the said inferior court or their order, or 
to the trustee of the poor school fund-^any law to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 

Yhmdsfor 5feclII. Be it further enacted, «5-c. That the funds remaining 

^rcomm,f on hand of Union academy, (of Putnam county,) be and are 

ieesl'"™" hereby placed under the control of William Turner, James M. 

Chambers, and WilUam E. Adams, to be by them employed in 

erecting an academy, or maintaining a school, in the "vicimty ot y 

said academy. 

n.peaii,s Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, kc. That all laws and part't 
ruuse. ^^ i^^g^ ^i^jjt militate against this act, be and the same are here^ 
by repealed. 



ACADEMIES. lir 



1 37. A N ACT for establishing an academy or seminary of learn- 
ing, Jit Sunburv, in the county of Liberty — passed Hi Peb- 
ruary, 1788— Craw. &: Mar. 567. 

jSec. I. Be it enacted^ <^'C. That Abel Holmes, James Dun- ^^^'f^^J^^ 
woody, John Elliott, Gideon Douse, and Peter "VVinn, be, andted, with ' 
are hereby appointed commissioners of the Sunbury academj^ ^iTcSntsc^i- 
V/ith full power and authority for them, or a majority of them, to rS the£i>^ 
s^ll and dispose of any confiscated property within the county of *^®°^' 
Liberty, at public sale, first giving thirty days notice in one of the 
gazettes of this State, to the amount of one thousand pounds as 
aforesaid, which shall remain in their hands, to be appropriated 
to the building a suitable house for the said academy. 

jS^ec. IL Be it further enacted, 4'^. That each of the saidSitl.'^ 
commissioners shall, previous to their acting, give bond to his 
honor the governor for the time being, in the sum of one thou- 
sand pounds, for the faithful discharge of said trust, and for theiV 
2 eturning into the public treasury of this State, any moneys aris- 
ing from the said sale of confiscated property, which may re-» 
main in their hand over and above tiie sum by this act vested ir^ 
ih^m. 



!38. AN ACT granting to the Commissioiiers of the ^nbutv 
academy, for the use of that seminarf, one hundred and 
sixty-six and two-third acres of laud — passed 4th December, 
1811— Lam. Dig. 2. 

iS'ec. L Be it enacted, i^c. That one third of a tract of land ^^^^^^^^^^^yj^ 
adjoining Sunburyj and known by the name of the Distillery tract, IJ^ST***^ 
confiscated as the estate of Roger Kelsalli and now the ])roper- 
ty of the State, be, and the same is hereby given, granted and 
conveyed to the commissioners of the Sunbury academy, for the 
sole use and benefit of that institution.*^ 



'* John Jonoo aj'poinlcd u coniausiiioncr, by tlic act of Dccenib.T iP'Ji fso-: 

1 \' 



114 



ACADEMIES. 



f ommission- 
ers incorpox- 
ated: 



their stj-le ; 



niay sue and 
■be sued : 
and make 
iBje-laws ; 



jrfty have a 

common 

seal : 

and appoint 

or remove 

officers. 



139. AN ACT to incorporate the Vv'althouervlile academy, ia 
the county of Liberty, and to appoint commissioners for the 
same—passed 21st November, 1823 — Daw. Com. 18. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, &c. That from and immediately after 
the passage of this act, the Walthouerville academy, in the coun- 
ty of Liberty, he known and called by the aforesaid name ; and 
that Samuel J. Axon, Daniel Stewart, sen'r. Thomas Bacon, 
Thomas Mallard, and Samuel Lewis, Esq'rs. and their success- 
ors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body po- 
litic and corporate, by the name and style of " The Commission- 
ers of the Walthouerville academy ;" and as such shall be capa- 
ble and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations 
as may be necessary for the government of said academy : Pro- 
vided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and 
laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use a com- 
mon seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and 
remove the same from office, for improper conduct or neglect of 
duty. 



Sefty'! *^^^- ^^' ^^ *^ farther enacted, cf-c. That the said commis- 
siorfers shall be capable of accepting, and being invested with 
all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, 
gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, vv'hich may 
belong to said institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or 
transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to 
hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of said acade- 
mv. 



TacancitfS 
^QW filled. 



Sec. in. Be it furtlicr enacted, 6^'C. That when any vacancy 
may happen by death, resignation or otherwise, of any of the 
commissioners of said academy, the survivors, or a majority oi 
said commissioners, shall fill the same in such manner as shall 
be pointed out, by the bye-lavrs and regulations ol the commis- 



sioners 



aforesuii 



140. AN ACT appropriating- the fines and forfeitures arishitc 
from criminal prosecutions in the county of Lincoln, to the 
use and benefit of the academy of said county — passed May 
16th, 1821— Daw. Com. 10. " 



•.-rreuu' 



55^3 Sec. I. Be it enacted, iS^-c. That from and after the passing 
of this sfct> all (i^es and Ibrfeitures arising from prosecutions on 



L 



ACADEMIES. U^ 



tlK3 criminal side of the court of said county, aiid also all other [^ KS 
penalties and forfeitures, whether arising from bonds to prose-^"^'- 
cute, or bonds for the appearance of any offender, or any other 
violation of the penal statute of this State v/ithin the said county 
of Lincoln, be, and the same is hereby vested in the commission- 
ers of said county academy, and any money arising from any for- 
feitures as aforesaid, the officer or person holding the same, is 
directed to pay the same within one month after the reception 
thereof, to the commissioners of said academy, to be applied to 
the use and benefit of said county academy : Provided, that all 
cost arising from said prosecution be first paid.* 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, &c. That when any vacancy JJJ^Jf/^^^" 
in the commissioners of said academy, (as designated by resolu- 
tion of the present session, and this act,) shall happen, the com- 
missioners in office may appoint some other person within the 
county, to fill such vacancy. 



Sec. III.. Be it further enacted, &c. That John M. Dooly is 
hereby appointed a commissioner of said county academy, in ad- er 



Additional 
commissioili 



three make a. 



dition to those appointed by a resolution aforesaid, and any three quorum. 
of said commissioners shall be sufficient to form a board. 

♦Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, (.^c. That the said commis- ^^^\f^^' 
sioners shall annually make a report to the grand jury of said made to the 
county, of the moneys drawn and applied as herein before spe-""" ^"'■" 
cified, to be filed in the clerk's office of the superior court. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts of Repealing 
laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re-/^^"^-'^' 
pealed. 



141. AN ACT to amend an act, passed the sixteenth of May* 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, appropriating 
the fines and forfeitures arising from criminal prosecutions 
in the county of Lincoln, to the use and benefit of the Lin- 
colnton academy, and to authorise the commissioners of said 
academy, to loan out their academical funds at interest — 
passed December 14th, 1830— Pamph. of 1830, 14. 

Sec. 1. Be it enacted, ^c. That all and every incorporated ah the aca. 
academy in said county of Lincoln, shall hereafter be entitled to SoTn^en. 



* Amende J by the followiup ac' 



n^ 



ACADEMIES. 



titled to an an equal share of the fund which may arise from fiucs and for- 
4^\hii^imd. feited bonds, as expressed in the above recited act, to which this 
is an amendment. 

lupX*^^ Sec. II. Be it furtJier enacted, cj-c. That it shall be the duty 
^i^Yn Jnc^^^'of the clerk of the Superior court of said county of Lincoln, 
ffl»mh, within one month after the receipt of any of the fines and forfeit- 
ures in said act contemplated, to pay over to the commissioners 
of said incorporated academies, an equal share of said fines and 
forfeitures, as contemplated in this act. 



The cflmtnla- 

• loan the 
"tund at ln« 

terest. 



tr not paM 
pui^ctixally, 
oorrower 
subject to an 
•injerest of 
iJff ^pCT cent. 



*9ec. III. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That it shall be in the 
power of the commissioners of the Lincolnton academy, to loan 
out the fund of said academy, or any part thereof, at interest ; 
the person to whom the same is loaned, shall give bond with ap- 
proved security, in double the sum loaned, to the president of said 
board of commissioners, for the use of said academy, condition- 
ed to pay from time to time, accordmg to the order of said com- 
missioners, and where the person to whom the same is loaned, 
shall not pay according to the order of the commissioners, he 
shall then pay at the rate of twenty per cent, for such sum as 
may be required of him, so long as he holds the same, which 
bond, should it become necessary, may be sued for in the name 
of the president of said board, or his successor, for the use of 
said academy, without the appointment of an attorney, for that 
purpose. 



S'^fid?d't6t ^^^' ^^' ^^ it further enacted, ^c. That should the said com- 
Vreasnrer, missioncrs of Lincolutou academy, thinlc it not advisable to loan 
out said fund at interest, they shall place the same in the hands 
of a treasurer by them appointed, who shall give like bond as 
mentioned in the preceding section, and with the like penalties in 
said section contained. 



"Who shall 
<givebond. 



Stepeallns 



iSec. V. Be it further enacted, <J»c. That all laws and parts 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby 
repealed. 



$42. AN ACT to incorporate the Goshen academy, in the coun- 
ty of Lincoln, and appoint trustees for the same — ^passed 
November 25th, 1824— Daw. Com. 26. 



obsn^'Tvacn. ^^' I- B^ ^'^ enacted, &o. That from and after the passing 

^«S?i'°'* ^^ ^^^^ ^^^' *^^ academy in the county of Lincoln, known by the 

'name of Goshen academy, shaU be called and known by that 



ACADEMiEt:^, nr 

name ; and John McDowell, William M. Lampkln, Richard 
Prather, Noah Walton, and James E. Todd, and their successors 
in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corpor- 
ate and politic, by the name and style of " The Trustees of Go- their stjie: 
shen academy," and as such, shall be capable and liable in law to 
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to have and use a com- Kieci?*"' 
mon seal, and to do and perform all such matters and things, as common '^ 
jnay be authorised by the constitution or fundamental regula- tSr\;pnerai 
lions of said academy. powers. 

Sec. n. Be it further enacted^ fyc. That the trustees or pro- ^ny mAiv^i 
prietors of said academy, or such authority as may be authorised ^'^^■^*^''* 
by said fundamental regulations, shall have power to adopt such 
1)ye4aws and regulations as may be necessary for its govern- j,^^, appoint. 
ment and prosperity, and to appoint and remove for improper officeri""^'^ 
conduct or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authorised 
by the proper authority : Provided, that the regulations for the 
government of said academy be not repugnant to the constitu- mayKanrt 
lion and laws of this State, and that nothing herein contained, Ss?^''"" 
shall be so construed as to prevent a majority of the trustees from 
acting in all cases, and to fill all vacancies, that may occur in the 
board of trustees. 

Sec. III. Be it farther enacted, ^c. That the said trustees j^^^.. ^^.^^ 
and their successors in office shall be capable of accepting and proreri} , 
being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, 
^11 donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, 
which may belong to the said institution, or which hereafter may 
be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^yc. That elections of trus- Election-. 
lees and other officers shall be held at such }.eriods, and in such cj"!^''^^" 
manner, and vacancies occurring in the board, orintheotheroffi.ces, 
shall be filled in such manner as may be prescribed by the laws 
and regulations for the government of said institution, any law 
to the contrary notwithstanding. 



143. AN ACT to incorporate the Double Branch academy, In 
the county of Lincoln, and to appoint trustees for the same — 
passed December 23d, 1825 — Daw. Com. 30. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, Sic. That from and after the passing Tni^tft"*''"' 
of this act, the academy in the county of Lincoln, known by the"""^*"* 
name of Double Branch academy, shall be called and known by 



16 



ACADEMIES. 



f.ieir style -, 



ma.v sue and 
be sued : 
and have a 
commoii 

'i'hoir iiener- 
al powers. 



May make 
byo-laws: 



and appoint 
:nid reutove 
officers. 



A maionty 
znd.y act. 



that name ; and that Thomas Lyon, Stephen Stovall, Jacob Ca- 
ver, John A. Burks, and Robert Runnels, and their successors 
in office, be, and are hereby declared to be, a body corporate 
and politic, by the name and style of "The Trustees of the 
Double Branch academy :" and as such shall be capable and lia- 
ble in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to have 
and to use a common seal, and to do and perforin all such mat- 
ters and things as may be authorised by the constitution and fun- 
damental regulations of said academy. 

Sec. II. Be it furlker enacted, ^'C. That the trustees or pro- 
prietors of said academy, or such authority as may be authorised 
by the said fundamental regulations, shall have power to adopt 
such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for its gov- 
ernment and prosperity, and to appoint and remove for improper 
conduct or neglect of duty, such officers as may be authorised 
l)y the proper authority : Provided, that the regulations for the 
government of said academy be not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this State, and that nothing therein contamed, 
shall be so construed as to prevent a majority of the trustees from 
acting in all cases, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in the 
board of trustees. 



May hold 
jiropeny. 



Sec. III. Bit further enacted, <^'C. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and 
being invested with all manner of property, real and persona], 
all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, 
which may belong to the said institution, or which may hereaf- 
ter be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the 
same for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 



Sections 
.and vacan- 
cies. 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^c. That elections of trus- 
tees and other officers, shall be held at such periods, and 
in such manner, and vacancies occurring in the board, or 
in the other officers, shall be filled in such manner as 
may be prescribed by the laws and regulations for the govern- 
ment of said institution, any law, usage, or custom, to the con- 
trary notwithstanding. 



To vest the funds of the Lowndes county academy in the trus- 
tees of the poor school fund — See No. 26. 



^ 



ACADEMIES'. il'^ 



144. AN ACT to incorporate the Mandison county aca(>my, 
and to appoint trustees for the same — passed December 
13th, 1823— Daw. Com. 19, 

^'ec. I. Be it enacted, <?-c. That from and after the passage Tni^tppsin- 
of this act, the academy of Madison county shall be knovv-n and c'^ryoraa-'i : 
called by the name of "The Madison county academy:" and 
that Charles Sorrels, James Long, Willis Towns, William San- 
ders, and Edward Ware, sen'r. and their successors in oiiice, be, 
and they are hereby declared to be, a body politic and corporate, 
by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Madison coun- their st.vie :• 
ty academy ;" and as ^iich shall be able and liable in law to sue 
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to LTsued: 
make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the bye-iavs^ 
g-overnment of said academy : Provided, such bye-laws are not 
repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State: and for J^mmoa^ ^ 
that purpose may have and use a common seal, appoint such offi- ^^=^'' '^"'^ 

11*' -'11 iDDOint iinct 

cers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office remove ofli- 
for improper conduct or neglect of duty. 

♦S'ec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-r. That the said trustees May iioi.i 
shall be capable of accepting and be invested of all manner of ^"^'^p'"'^- ■ 
property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges 
and immunities whatsoever, which may belong, or which hereaf- 
ter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in of- 
fice, to have and to hold the same, for the proper benefit and be- 
hoof of said academy. 

iSec. III. Be it farther enacted, ^-c. That it shall, and Is here- ?:han maw^. 
by made the duty of the said trustees, and their successors in of- [he grand W- 
fice, to lay before the grand jury, at the tall term of the superior ■■• • " 
court of said county, in each year, a full and correct statement 
of the situation and investments of the funds of said institution, 
in such manner and form as they may think proper, or said jury 
may recommend. And the said returns shall, by the said jury, 
be delivered to the clerk of said court ; and it shall be the (iuty 
of the said clerk to deliver the same, to the senator elect from to he mn?. 
said count}^, to be by him laid before the Senates Acadcmicus, 
when thereunto required. demicus 



inittPtl to [h»^ 
.S'jnatus Acu- 



Sec. IV. Be it farther enacted, &c. That when any vacancy vamprioc 
shall happen in the board of trustees, it shall be the duty of the ^^"^ ^^'''^■ 
said grand jury to fill such vacancy or vacancies, which may so 
liappen. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, &c. That the said trustees, bc,Ton„pnin: 
and they are hereby required to appoint a treasurer, separate and ■;^,"^^'^f^^^{r'^' 
distinct from their own board, and to take good and sufficient seen- f^'^" ^^''^^ . 
rity for the faithful performance of the duties required of him, inu'"''"'"'' 
such manner as will eftcctually secure said institution against anv 
loss which might happen by his misconduct. 



IZO ACADEMIES 



145. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the Madison coufAy 
academy, to raise by lotter}', the sum of five thousand dol- 
larsc for the benefit of said academv — passed December 
nth, 1828— Daw. Com. 54. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, tJ'C. That the trustees of the Madi^ 
r;uierooo° ^^^ couuty acadcmy, and their successors m office, or a majori- 
joulT^^for ^^' ^^ them, be, and they are hereby authorised to raise by lottery, 
iiibucadeoiy. the sum of fivc thousaud dollars, for the benefit of said academy, 
under such regulations, and such schemes, as in their judgment 
shall be best calculated to promote the interest of said academy. 
And all sums of money which shall be 4*aised by virtue of this 
act, shall (after defraying the expenses of said lottery) be ap- 
j)lied by the trustees of said academy, or their successors in of- 
fice, to and for the use of said acadeaiy : any law ta the contra- 
rv ROtwithstandinir. 



To incorporate the Marion ctmnty academ}' — See No. 3B. 



To authorise the commissioners of the Mcintosh county aca 
demy, to estabhsh schools for the education of poor children — 

^cc No. 28. 



To esttiblish an academy in Mcintosh County— See No. 46. 



To alter the manner of appointing commissionei^s for tb 
county of Mcintosh— Sec No. 87. 



To establish the Mcrriwcther county acad€i!i^*-;:cc 1m\ Srr 



ACADEMIES. IZl 



14G. AN ACT to amend an act* entitled an act to iJicorporate 
the county academy, in the town of Greenville, in the coiin^ 
ty of Merriwether, and to appoint trustees for the same, 
passed Decembafr twenty-second, eighteen hundred and 
tw^nty-eii^ht, so far as to appoint two additional trustees for 
said academy ; and also to appohit additional trustees for 
Randolph county academy — passed December 26th, 1831 — 
Pamph. of 1831, p. 12.. ' 



rustee:*;if> 
oinied tor 



even 



<S*ec. I. Be it enacted, ^'C. That Benjamk Johnson, and Mat- a^^.j 
thew Leverett, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of^ the \l" 
Greenville academy, in ihe county of Merriwether, in addition ^^'^jc^j^']. 
to those now actina: as trustees of «id acadeftiv. , 

«S'ec. II. Be it further enactedy df-c. That frpm and after the ^^ i^ 
passage of- this act, the number of trustees of said academy shall 
be seven, who, and their successors in office, shall be, and they 
are hereby declared to be a body oorporccte, with all the powers 
and privileges conferred qn the trustees of said academy, by an their corpcr- 
act of the General Assembly, approved the twenty-second day "^^ powers 
of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight;'^, entitled an 
'act to incorporate the county academy^n the town of Greenville, 
in the county of Merriwether, with oth^'s, and to appoint trus- 
tees for the same. •*••'*• * * 

*■ ■ . ' 

Sec. III. Beit further enacted, ^,Cj*^ H^hut Starkey Collins, Addmorw.; 
II. G. Ezell, and "William IL Bartdri, be appointed trustees, in Point«?fo['" 
addition to those already appointed, for the county of liandolph. 5?!pht'^ae- 



147. AN ACT to establish' iftid fix^tlie name of the acadeuiv iu 
the town df Forsyth, in Monro(!* county, and to incorporate , 
tlic trustees thereof— passed November tlC^ih, 1824 — Daw. 
Com. 23. . 

aS'cc. I. Be it enacted, <?•<:. That from and immediately after Tr,ipfe«ir 
the passage of this act, the academy in the town of Forsyth, in^^^^'"^^'-'^ 
Monroe county, shall be called and known by the name, and un- 
der the title of "The Forsyth academy;" and that Henry IL 
Lumpkin, IMordecai C. Howard, "Wilkins Hunt, Isaac Welch, 
and James H. Phillips, be, and they are hereby appointed trasteci>, 
and they and their successors in oiTicc, shall be, and they ar<: 



title of the act anxndei!, is AiificcitLJ. 



122 



ACADEiMIES. 



their style 



may use a 
rommou 
seal : 



hereby declared to be, a body corporate', by tlie name and under 
the title of " The Trustejes of* the Forsyth academjV' with the 
privilege of using a common seal. 



May appro- 
priate ihe 

junds: 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, cj-c. That the said* tnistees 
and their successors, or a majority of them, are hereby authori- 
sed and empowered to appropriate all moneys and specialties he- 
longing to, or in any manner appertaining to the said institu- 
tion, in the manner they may think best calculated to promote 
the interest of the same : and to efrcct suitable edifices for the 
promotion of literature. 



jTiny nialce 
bye-laws : 



May hold 
properO'. 



^ec. III. Be it further enacted, clj-c. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations, from 
time to tinjje, as may be necessary for the government of said aca- 
demy : Provided always,i<T\\QLt such bye-laws and regulations be 
not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State : and 
that the said trustees be intrusted with all property, both real and 
personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities 
whatsoever, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this 
act, Of which may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same 



MJiy sue and 
be sued. 



Varanrieg 
.how filled: 



Sec. IV. Be Jt f4irth^ enacted, cj-c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors ia office', shall, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be, capable of suing and being sued, impleading and 
being impleaded, and*of using all necessary and lawful means 
for securing and defending any property, debts, or demands what- 
soever, to which they may be entitled in right of said institution, 
mid also for the recovery of the rents, issuers, and profits of the 
same, or any paSrt or parcel thereof. 

♦S'ec. V. jSe it further ^ enacted, ^^c. That should any vacan- 
cy happen, by death, resignation^ or removal, of any of the trus- 
tees of said academy, hereby authorised and established, it shall 
})e filled in such marmer as a majority of the remaining trustees 
may point out, in their regulations, at their first meeting after the 



passage of this 
twelve months. 



act : Provided, said meeting 



takes place within 



]\Iiv select a 
I roasnrec, 
■vvho shall 
give bond. 



Sec. VI. Be it further ehacted, tj-c. That the said trustees shall 
have the power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond and ap- 
proved security to the said*board of trustees for the time beings 
and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, 
for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. 



flauso.' 



Sec. VII. Beit further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts of 
laws militating against this act, be, and the saroe are hereby re- 
J^ealed. 



ACAPEMIE?. 123 

148. AN ACT to incorporate the Yowalii^a acadenn% in 3iaii- 
roe county-«-passed November 2Gth, 182G-;3j-Daw. Com. 35. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That from and iqpnediately after ™«|^sj^* 
the passing of this act, the academy in ^Monroe county, now 
known and called by the name of Towaliga academy, shall be 
known and called by that name ; and that Elijah Phillips, John 
G, Willis, Meredith Kendrick, John B. Vardeman, and William 
Ham, and their successors in offici, be, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style 
of " The Trustees of Towaliga academy :" and as such shall be ^''^^^ ^^^^ '' 
capable and liable in lav/ to sue and be sued, plead and be imdlead- may sue ami. 
ed, and shall be authorised to njake such bye-laws and regula- 
tions as may be necessary for the government of said academy : ^^g^.J^^'® 
Frovided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the constitution 
and laws of this State : and for that purpose may have and use ^^^„"oJ^ ,, 
a common seal, appoint such officers as they think proper, and and apDoh.t 
remove tfie same from office lor improper conduct, or nesrlect ofotscefsf'" 
duty. * • 

I 

jSec. II. Be if further enaeted, i^^c 'WnX the said trustees May hold 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with, all man- 
ner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, 
piivileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said 
institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them, or their successors m office, to have and to held the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. , 



»cunc!e£. 



iSec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That when any va-Mayfijva. 
cancy may happen by death, resignatign, or otherwise, of any of '^ 
the trustees of Towaliga academy, the survivors, or remaining 
trustees, shall fill the same in such manner as shall be. pointed out 
by the bye-laws and regulations of^the trustees aforesaid. 



149. AN ACT to incorporate Jlock Spring ^cademv, in Moii- » 

roe county — passed Decemb(ir.l9th, 1827 — Daw, Com. 43. 

^'ec. I. Beitlmcted, i^-c. Tl^^t fronj and immediately after ^^^^^^,^5 j^ 
the passage of this aci, the academy in Monroe county, mow »j"'.Rock 
knov/n and called by the name of Rock Spring acadenjy, shall rf^'m^riti' 
be known and called by that name ; and that Jeptha Hill, Johncouu™!nom. 
Finch, and Harris Jghnsoii, and their, successors in oflice, be, filro^o"*? 
and they are hereby declared to be, a body politic and corportite, ^''^' 
by the name and style nf '• The Trustees of Kock Spring aca-ihcust.vic- 



ru ' ACADEMIES. 

wued^^"'^^^^* ; ,aiid dl such shall be. capable and liable in lavr i^ sue anci 
jnakcVe- he Xiccf, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make 
such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the said 
rroviso. academy : Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to the con- 
stitution and laws of this State : and for tbat purpose may bave 
inonVai, and use a common seal, appoint such officers as they think 
orticer^s^l^'"* propcF, and remove the same from office for improper conduct or 
neglect of (}uty. 

Sec. iL Be it further enacUd, ^c. That the said trustees shall 
be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of 
propertj', real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges 
and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said histitution, 
*or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or 
^ their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the 

proper, benefit and behoof of said academy. 

vapapcies. Scc. III. JBc it farther enacted, <^^c. That when an}^ vacancy 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the 
trustees of Rock Spring academy, the survivors or remaining 
trustees shall fill the same in sijich manner as shall be pointed out 
by the bye-J|gvs and regulations of the trusteed aforesaid. 



May liold 
properly. 



J 50. AN A'CT'to Incorporate Cicero academy, in Monroe coun- 
ty—passed December 19th, 1827— Daw. Com. 4S. 

,^ • , ^„ . Sec. I. Be it enacted, d'C. That from and immediately after the 
fenTfn*" P^ssagc 01 this act, the academy m Monroe county, now known 
3!oiwoe by the name of Cicero academy, shall be known and called by 
jrmcdkrthat nam.e ; and that ^Ifred B. Reed, John Pittman, John Dri- 
snrorpora- ^.^^^ Asbury Cowlcs, and Robert Middlebroolts, and their suc- 

ceessors in office, be, and they ^re hereby declared to be^ C: body 
their ^tyie: politic and Corporate, by the name and "style of "The Trustees 
may si7e and of Ciccro academy^" and as such shall be capable and liable 
toe sued: jj^ ]q^ to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be 
Tnn>*make authoriscd tomako such bye-laws and regulations as may be ne- 
byeiaws: ccssary for the government of said academy ; Provided, such 

bye -laws are not repugnant to the consiituti(^n or laws of this 
may u^o a State ; and for that pucpose mav have and usar^ common seal, 
!in^a)?p"ouTt' and appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove 
""^'"'= the same from office. '' •• 



MayhoM iS^cc. II Bc it further enacted, ^-c. '?tiat the said trustees 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner 
of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 



prop'erty 



ACADEMIES. ^2' 

legos and immimltieg v/natsoever, which may bc'ipiig to the said 
institution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred 
to them and their successors in office, to have and to hold the 
same for the proper benefit and behoof of the said academy. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, c^-c. That when any vacancy ^^(.^^(^jeg^ 
shall happen, by death, resignati^m, or oiherwise, of any one or 
more .>f the truste-' s of said academy, the survivor?^ or a majority 
of ttiem, shall till the same in such manner as nia}' be pointed out 
by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



151. AN ACT to incorporate Concord academy, in Monroe 
county, and to appoint trustees -for the same — passed De- 
cember 20th, 1828— Daw. Com. 51. 



Tn'.strr? of 
Concord a( ii* 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That from and immediately after 
the passage of this act, John Middleton, Josiah Grimes, WilHam rtemV/in 
Powell, James Mays, and J. K. Simmons, and their successors in coumy, nom- 
office, be, and they are hereby declared to^be, a body politic and incorpo^a-' 
corporate, by the name and style of " The Trustees of Con- ^^^^^, ^^^ ^^^ 
cord academy ;" as such shall be capable and liable in law to ^^ sued. 
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorised fau? ^'^ ^* 
to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for 
the said academy : Provided, such bye-laws be not repugnant to ^''°'^'''°" 
the constitution and laws of this State : and for that purpose may may use a 
have and use a commr.n seal, appoint such officers as they think ^"J^^^'^ 
proper, and remove the same from office for improper conduct JgJ.|^pp°^'^' 
or neglect of duty. • 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said^ trustees be^Kviioid 
capable of accepting and benig invested with all manner of pro- 
perty, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and 
immunities whatsoever which may belong to said institution, or 
which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their 
successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper 
benefit and behoof of said academy. 

♦Sec. Ill Be it farther enacted, ^yc. That when any vacancy vacancies, 
may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise of any of the 
trustees of Concord academy, the survivors or remaining trus- 
tees shall fill the same in uch manner as shall bo pointed out by 
the bve-laws and reorulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



]2(> 



ACADEMIES. 



152. AN ACT to incorporate Hebron academy, iu Monroe 
county, and appoint trustees for the same — passed Decem- 
ber 19th, 1828— Daw. Com. 55. 



Trustees of 
Hebron acu.- 
dr;2nv, in 
Mo/iroc 
county, nom- 
inatert and 
incorpora- 
ted. 



their style ; 



may sue and 
be su«d, 
make bye- 
laws : 



proviso. 



may use a 
common 
seal, and 
appoiut offi- 
cers. . 



Sco. I. Be it enactfid, ^c. That from and immediately after 
the passage of thi>; act, the academy in Monroe county, now 
known and called by the name of "Hebron academy," shall be 
known and called bv that name, and that Gabriel Christian, 
Thomas W. Davis, William F. Jackson, James Perdue, and Da- 
vis Smith, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby 
declared to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and 
style of *' The Trustees of Hebron academy ;" and as such shall 
be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be im- 
pleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and re- 
gulations as may be necessary for the said academy : Provided, 
such bye -laws be not repugnant to constitution and laws of this 
State : and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, 
appoint such officers as they think proper, and remove the same 
from o^ce for improper conduct or neglect of duty. 



May hold 

property : 



vacancies 
hav.' tilled. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, tj-c. That the said trustees 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner 
of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
leges and immunities 'whatsoever, which may belong to said in-^ 
stitutioii, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, <^c. That when any vacan- 
cy may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of 
the trustees of Hebron academy, the survivors, or remaining 
trustees, shalj fill the same in such planner as shall be pointed 
out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



To incorporate and appoint trustees for the Redlick acade- 
my, in the county of IMonroe — See No. 54. 



To incorporate the Culloden academy, and the Mount Ver- 
non academy, and the Woodlawn academy, in the county of 
Monroe — See No. 110. 



ACADEMIES^, l^T 



To incorporate the Jackson academy, tlie Jeflerson academy, 
and the County Lme academy, in the countv of Monroe — See 
No. 43. 



To consolidate the poor sciiool and academical fund for the 
county of Montgomery — See No. 29. 



153. AN ACT to incorporate the commissioners of the Mor- 
gan academy, by the name and style of the trustees of Madi- 
son academy — passed DecenAer 16th, 1815 — Lam. Dig. 7. 

■ > 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, Sic, That from and after the passage Tm^ters of 
of this act, the Morgan county academy shall be known and krldemy, 
called the Madison academy : and that Adam G. Saffold, Bcdney and^hiwrpe- 
Franklin, John Wingfield, Warren Jordan, and James Mitchell, ^^^^' » 
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared 
to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the 
trustees of the Madison academy, and as such body politic shall , 
be capable of suing and being sued, and shall be capable of do- 
ing aH other acts which may be necessary to the execution of the 
trust confided to them ; and for that purpose may have and use 
a common seal, appoint such ofiicers as they may think proper, 
and remove the same for any malfeasance or neglect of duty^ 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees shall ^^ ^^^^ ^j. 
be capq,ble of accepting all bequests, gifts and donations which acrepuny: 
have been or may hereafter be bestowed upon them, and shall '''^'^"^^^^' 
hold the same according to the trusts and conditi'on scontained in 
such donation or bequest. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c.'^ That it shall be the du- 
ty of the said board, yearly and every year, to lay correct ac- Sw Sue'd. 
counts of their receipts and expcyiditures of the preceding year, 
before the grand jury of Morgan county : Provided nevertheless, I'roviFo, 
That nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair the 
powers of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia, or 
of the Senatus Academicus, or of the board of visitors, granted 
them by the several acts regulating the University of Georgia. 



* A rian.'je in relation to fillins vaLTiiicics Bupcrsedcd by the act of istli December, isie. 

■M 



12S 



ACADEMIES. 



To appropriate the lines and forfeitures 'arising from criminal 
prosecutions in the counties of Morgan, Greene, and Wilkes, to 
the use and benefit of the academies of said counties — See No. 
92. 



154. AN ACT to authorise a lottery for the benefit of Madison 
academy; in Morgan county — passed December 24th, 1825 
— Daw. Com. 27. 



f 'erlain Com- 
missioners 
to raise by 
lottery, 3,000 
riollars, to 
rebuild the 
jNIadisou 
academy in 
Morgan 
county. 



Managers of 
the the late- 
ly appointed 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That it shall and may be lawful 
for the commissioners hereinafter named, to establish a lottery as 
soon as practicable after the passing of this act, to raise the sum 
of three thousand dollars, under such scheme and regulations as 
they or a majority of them may deem necessary and proper, for 
the purpose of rebuilding the ^ladisoa academy, in the county 
of Morgan. 

Sec. II. Be. it further enacted, (!f'C. That John Wingfield, 
Jam.es C. Cook, William Johnston, Isaac Walker, and Nathaniel 
Allery be, and they are thereby appointed, commissioners to car- 
ry the aforesaid lottery/ into lull eilect. 



?our! am;S '^ec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the judges of the 
i'oooS)iIars Inferior court, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby au- 
iii the loue- thorised, to vest in the said lottery from the county funds^ one 

thousand dollars or more, as they or a majority of them, may 

deem expedient. 



155. AN ACT to incorporate Oak Grove academy in the coun- 
ty of Morgan — passed December l'4th, 1826 — Daw, Com- 
41/ 



Trustees of *S*ec. I. Bd it enacted, ^c. Tha^ John S. Fall, James Hitch- 
clroveaca- cock, Edward W. Collier, li^lij ah Lojd, S. H. Gilmore, Benja- 
Morgin" mui Camcrou, and Archibald Carlton, be, and they are hereby 
jiS air' appointed trustees, they and their successors m office, shall be, 

incorpora- 
ted. 



and are hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name 
and useT*"" ^^ " The Trustccs of the Oak Gro^'c academy," with the privi- 



and 

« ommou 

(.■.;ai. 



les^e of using a common seal. 



ACADEMIES. 139 

Ssec. II. Be it further enacted, i^-c. That the trustees and their J^SL^p?;^' 
s^uccessors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised ^^^^'^^ 
and empowered to appropriate, in the manner they may think 
calculated to promote the interest of said institution, and to erect 
suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all money and 
specialties belonging, or in anywise appertainhig to said institu- 
tion. 

iSec.'III. Be it further enacted, <$•?. That the aforesaid trus- May make 
tees, and their successors in ofiice, or a majority of them, are^^^'^^" 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may 
be necessary for the government of said academy : Provided, Proviso. 
such bye -laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this State : and that they be ititi-usted with all 
manner of propert}*, both real and personal, ail donations, gifts, 
^ants, privileges, and immumties whatsoever, which may belong hom pn 
to said institution by virtue ' of this act, or which hereafter may ^^^'^' ^' 
be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, 
to have and to hold the seme. 

.S^ec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees afore- ^%'^,*^"'^ 
said, and their successors in office, shall, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and be- 
ing impleaded, and oi^ using all necessary and lawful means of 
securing and defending any property, debts, or demands wtiatso- 
ever, which they may demand in right of institution. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, &c. That should any vacancy '^^="^<='*^'- 

happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any ot said trus- 
tees of said academy, it shall be iilled in such uianner as the re- 
raauiing trustees may point out. 

Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees shaiiarpo''*' 
shall have power to appoint a treasurer, who shall give bond andwhoshaii 
approved security to the board for the time being, and their suc-ti'cTsucudtT. 
r;ssors m office, in such sum as thetnlstces may deem adnsable. 

♦Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That all laws and parts-Repeaiint 
<3f laws militating airain?t this act, be, and the same are licrthv'-*'''^^ 
repealed. 

17 



rm. 



ACADEMIES^ 



my in Co- 
lumbus, to 
be called 
""Mueoogee 
Academy." 
Trustees 
Thereor 
jwjnlnated 
.and incorpo- 
rated : 
ynay nspa 
common 



156. AN ACT to establish and fix the name of the academy in 
the town of Columbus, in Muscogee count?, and to incor- 
porate the trustees thereof — passed December IGth, 1828-— 
Daw. Com. 53. 

iSec. I. Be it enacted^ ^c. That from and after the passage 
of this act, the academy in the town of Columbus, in Muscogee 
county, be called and known by the name of, and under the ti- 
tle of " The Muscogee academy ;" and that Ira Scott, William 
D. Lucas, Sidney Cook, Samuel B. Head, and Edwin L. De- 
grafenreid, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees, and they 
and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declar- 
ed to be, a body corporate, by the namfe and under the title of 
"The Trustees of the Muscogee Academy," with the privilege 
of using a common seal. 



:/?ui-her:sed ^gc. II. Be it further enacted. &c. That the said trustees 
ate the fundB and their successors m office, or a majority oi them, are hereby 
authorised and empowered to appropriate any monies and spe- 
cialties belonging to, or appertaining to the said institution, in the 
manner they may think best calculated for the interest of the 
same ; and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of litera- 
ture. 



.7(Iay ■nnlfe 
i)ye-laws : 



Proviso, 



;Moptr;j'. 



iS^ec. III. B it further enacted, 4*e. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws, from time to time, as 
maybe necessary for the government of said academy : Provided 
always, that sueh bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution 
and laws of this State : and that the said trustees be intrusted 
•with all property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, 
grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong 
to said institution, by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter 
be made, conveyed, or transferred to them, or their successors in 
, office, to have and to hold the same. 



May sue and iSec. IV. Be it farther enacUd, <?'C. That the trustees afore- 
t)fi sued. gaidj-arid their successors in office, shall, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and be- 
ing impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for 
securing and defending any property, debts, or demands whatso- 
ever, to which they may be entitled in right of said institution ; 
and also for the recovery of the rents, issues, and profits of the 
same, or any part or parcel thereof 



VacancIftJ 



Sec. V. Be it further enacted, 8lc. That should any vacancy 
happen, by death, resignation, or other^vise, of any of the trus- 
tees of said academy, hereby authorised and established, it shall 
be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees 
may point ©ut in their regulations at their first meeting after the 



ACADEMIES. 13.1 

passage of this act: Provided, That said meeting takes place ''^'*^^^''' 
within twelve months. 



Sec. VI. Be it further enacted. Sac. That the said trustees x^ay appom*^ 
shall have power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond with^.Slf.ai" 
approved security to the said board of trustees for the time being, fadsecuiur. 
and their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, 
for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. 

Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts ofRepeanng 
laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re- ''^^^"^ 
pealed. 



the iimilu- 
tion. 



157. AN ACT to incorporate the Newton county academy, at 
Covington — passed December 6th, 1822— Daw. Com. 12. 

" >9ec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That Solomon Graves, Martin Tni^a^^^^ 
Kolb, Harrison Jones, Samuel Brazil, Thomas Jones, Farr H. county aca-^ 
Trammel, and William H. Morrow, are appointed, and they and polTued^and 
their successors in office, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, "^^^^roraie^ 
a body corporate, by the name and title of "The Trustees of the 
Newton county academy," with the privilege of using a com- 
mon seal. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, &c. That the said Solomon said trustees 
Graves, Martin Kolb, Harrison Jones, Samuel Brazil, Thomas Soothe m«-' 
Jones, Farr H. Trammel, and William H. Morrow, and their Tcmgin^tr' 
successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authori- 
sed and empowered, to appropriate in the manner they may think 
best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institu- 
tion, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, 
all money and specialties belonging or in any wise appertaining 
to the said institution. 

Sec- III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the aforesaid trus- May make, 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are''^'^^*^^^' 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws or regulations as may 
be necessary for the government of said academy : Provided, 
That such by^^ laws and regulations be not repugnant to the con- 
stitution and laws of this State : and that they shall be invested ^^^^l^^^^.r^^ 
with all manner of property, both real and personal, all dona- o-, Ac- 
tions, gifts, grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which 
may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may 
hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their sue • 
^lessors in office, to have and to hold the same. 



Proviso. 



132 



ACADEMIES. 



bTsS^"'^ »Sec. IV. Be it further enacted^ ^-c. That tlic trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall he, and they are hereby 
declared to be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and 
being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for 
securing or defending any property, debts, or demands, whatso- 
ever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, 
and also of receiving the rents, issues, and profits of the same, 
or any part or parcel thereof. 



Vacancies 
How filled. 



rrovlsp. 



Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That should any vacan- 
cy happen, by death, resignation, or removal of any of the trus- 
tees of the Newton county academy, hereby authorised and es- 
tablished, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the re- 
maining trustees may point out in their regulations at their first 
meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereaf- 
ter : Provided, That the same shall not exceed twelve months. 



May appoint Scc. VI. Be it farther enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees shall 

^hoshaff^' have power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond and appro- 

give bond. ^^^ J security to the said board of trustees, for the time being, and 

their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for 

the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him. 



Jlcpealing 
-clause 



Sec. VII. Be it farther enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts of 
laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re- 
pealed. 



158. AN ACT to authorise the Justices of the Inferior Court 
'of Newton county, to convey to the trustees of Newton 
county academy, at Covington, a part of the land hereto- 
fore purchased for county purposes, for the purpose of erec- 
ting thereon an academy edifice — passed December 22d. 
1828~Daw. Com. 51. 



'i'TiC Tnr-jrlOT 
court of • 
Is'ewu->n, 
aulhorisedto 
« nnvey to 
The trustees 
of the acade- 
my ar Cov- 
insrton, any 
lot or lots 
upon which 
lo erect an 
academy edi- 
»ii;e. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That the Justices of the Inferior 
Court of Newton criunty, or a majority of them, be, and they 
are hereby authorised and cn.powfeied, out of an} iaiid hereto- 
fore purchased for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed 
of, to convey to the trustees of the Newton county academy, at 
Covington, in fee simple, such portion thereof as may be thought 
necessary for the purpose of erecting an academic edifice there- 
on, and such other lot or lots of land as the said Justices of the 
Inferior Court may think proper to convey to the trustees afore^ 
said, by way of donation or otherwise. 



ACADEMIES. 



159. AN ACT to incorporate the Leaksviue academy, in the 
county of Newton — passed December 22cl, 1823 — Daw. 
Com. 17. 

iSec. I. Be it enacted, fyc. That Thomas Wellbiirr, Robert J^^J;^J«^ 
Leak, John Chisbvini, Jack Weilburn, and Columbus Watson, ^^^ -^demy. 
be, and they are hereby appomted, they and tneir successors msnd incorpo. 
office, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body cor- the'^ri'ghtto 
porate, by the name and under the title of "The Trustees of the mon^Sr 
Leaksville academy," with the privilege of using a common seal. 

»9ec. II. Be it farther enacted, ^c. That the said trustees -*^"^^'>"^e<s 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby ate the mo'- 
autborised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they '' 
may think calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid in- 
stitution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of lit- 
erature, all moneys and specialties belonging or in any wise ap- 
pertaining to the said institution. 

»Sec. III. Be it fdrther enacted, &€. Tliat the aforesaid trus- J^^^y "^^^« 
tees and thqir successors in office, or a majority of them, are here- 
by authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be 
necessary for the government of said academy : Provided, That Proviso. 
such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitu- 
tion and laws of this State : and that they be intrusted with all ^^^^ ^^^ 
manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, p^opem • 
grants, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong 
to said institution, by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter 
be made, conveyed and transferred to them or their successors 
m office, to have and to hold the same. 

Sec. IV. Beit farther enacted, <J'C. That the trustees afore- May pup ^? 
said and their successors in office, shall, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be, capable of suing and being sued, impleading and 
being impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for 
securing and defending any property, debts, or demands whatso- 
ever, which they may claim or demand iri right of said institu- 
tion, and also of recoverins; the rents, issues, and profits of the 
same, or aay part or parcel thereof. 

.9ec. V. Bz it further enncied, fyc. That should any vacancy vacmcies. 
happfn. by deaib, resignivioo. or r.-m >vi;o^ any jf the trustees 
of sail! aos'l'Mny lirre'Dy luiMiorisfd nn.d ■■siablished, it shall be 
filled in such manner as a')naj:-rity r-f the remaining trusters may 
point out in their regulations at their lirst meeting afierllir pus- 
sing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter: Provided, That 
•Jhe same shall not exceed twelve months. 



l;j4 ACADEMIES. 

ueJsfue'rf^ Scc. VI. Bd it furthcr eiiacUd, ^'C. That the said trustees shall 
Mvebdni ^'^^'^ power to select a treasurer, who shall give bond and appro- 
ana liecurity. ved security to the said board of trustees for the time being, and 
their successors in office, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for 
the faithful [discharge] of the trust reposed in him. 

»S*ec. VII. Be U further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts 
Repealing of kiws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby 
"^"'"" repealed. 



160. AN ACT to incorporate the Jefl^rson academy in the 
county of Newton, and to appoint trustees for the same — 
passed November 30tb, 1S26— Daw. Com. 39. 

•rrnstees of ^cc. 1 . Be it enacted, ^c. .That John L. Graves, Josiah 
acSemy in P^rry, Tliomas Johnson, Henry Lane, and John Hodnett, and 
?ounty\iora- ^^^^^* succcssors iu officc, be, and they are hereby appomted and 
inatedjand^ dcclarcd to be, a body corporate, by the name and under the 
Their litie. title of " The Trustees of the Jefferson academy, in the county of 
Newton," with the privilege of using a common sea!, and to be 
^nmTu ^ capable and liable in law lo sue and be sued, and to do and per- 
maysueand ^^^'^^ ^^1 ^uch matters and things as may be authorised by the con- 
be sued: stitution and fundamental regulations of said academy. 

Adopt bye- 'S'ec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees of said 
^** = academy shall have power to adopt such bye-laws and regula- 
Appoint ^ioi^s as may be necessary for its government and prosperity, and 
officers: ^Q appoint and remove for improper conduct, or neglect of duty, 
such officers as may be authorised by the proper authority : Pro- 
i»roviso. vided, the regulations for the government of said academy be 
not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this Sfate, and 
5iS*ac"'^ thac nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to pre- 
vent a majority of the trustees from acting in ill cases, and to 
fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of trustees; Ad 
Notpnt'ik-d provided also. That noihinor in this act shall be so construed as 

toanyof the-* ii ^ n • ^ ^ i/* i 

annual divi- to entitle the trustees aioresaid to apply tor and receive any part 
covinly. '^ or portion of the annual dividends that Newton county shall or 

may be entiiled lo out of the nett proceeds of the funds set apart 

for the endowment of county academies. 

May hold '^*^c. III. Be it furiher enacted, fyc. That the said trustees 

property. ^^^^ ^j^gjp successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and 

being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, 

all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, 

which may belong to the said institution or which may hereafter 



ACADEMIES. 135 

be conteyed or transferred to them, fo liavc and to liold the 
same, for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^'C. That cjecticns of tnis- nections of 
tees and other officers, shali be held at such time and in such ^'^''■^^^■ 
manner as may be prescribed by the bye-laws and regulations for 
the government of said ihstitudon ; any law, usagC; or custom to 
the contrary notwithstanding. 



161. AN ACT to change the nam^ of the Oglethoi-pe acade- 
my, and to incorporate the commissioners thereof, by the 
name and stvle of the Trustees of Meson academv — pass- 
ed November 27th, 1807— Clay. Com. 387. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, *^'C. That immediately from and after The rame er 
the passing of this act, the academy of Oglethorpe county, shall ?radem?'^ 
be knov/n and called by the name of Meson Academy : and that y'!eI'o^nicl 
John Lumkin, William Harris Crawford, Benjamin Bakhvin, ^'cSisIion- 
George Phillips, James Luckie, Obadiah Jones, and Thomas W. |;^ ^n"' S-' 
Cobb, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby de- •^orporatcci. 
clared to be a body politic and coiporate, by (he name and style 
of " The Trustees of Meson Academy," and as such body poli- 
tic shall be capable of suing and being sued, and shall be capable 
of dning all other acts which may be necessary, for the complete 
execution of the trust confided to them : and for that purpose 
mav have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as may 
iu their opinion be necessary, and remove the same for any mal- 
feasance or neglect of duty. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. Tiiat the said trustees shall Authority to 
be capable of accepting the bequest of the late Francis Meson, SeVt S^ 
decM, and all bequests, gifrs, and donations u'hich have been, or Kn^uiV^a 
may be hereafter bestowed upon them, and shall hold the same quSfhat 
according to the trusts and conditions contained in such dona- "en to^th^. 
tion or bequest. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c."^ That it shall be the du- vacnnnM ct 
ty of the said board, yearly and every year, to lay a correct ac- h^Si bV 
count of (heir receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, ItJre andlhc 
before the grand piry of Oglethorpr' county : Providert nevertheless, ]'ohlVi'^lu- 
That nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair the re^nt^-^tJ^^s 
pov/ers of the board of tnistees of the University of Georgia, or 
of the Senatus Academicus, or of the boa«'d of visitors, granted 
them by the several acts regulating the University of Georgia. 



A clause in TtUVmn to filling vacancic;; supcrsodeci by the act of 18U» December, i«r 



136 ACADEMIES. 



1G2. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the Meson acade-^ 
my, in the county of Oglethorpe, to fill such vacancies as 
may hereafter occur in said board of trustees — passed De- 
cember 18th, 1817 — Lam. Com. 17. 

SSu^lcl ^^^' I- ^^ ^i enacted, <^c. That from and after the passage 
Srjfiir ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ trustees of the Meson academy, in the county of 
racanriLs in Odethorpe, shall be authorised to fill such vacancy or vacancies, 

their board. , « i ,• • • i i i /• i i 

that may hereaner occur m said board oi trustees, by the ap- 
pointment of such person or persons as they may think pi'ooer, 
anv law to the contrary notwithstandinir. 



163'. AN ACT to incorporate an academy in the county of 
Oglethorpe, by the name, and to be called, Prospect acade- 
my — ^i^assed 18th December. 1820^Daw. Com. C. 

The school Sec. \. Be it enacted, ^^c. That from and immediately after the 
f\fSiul 'passing of this act, the school now in operation in said county, 
?aSpro? at Salem Meeting House, shall be known and called in future by 
).ectacaae- ^j^g name of Prospect academy ; and that Thomas Dunn, Joseph 
Garlington, Richaid Haynes, Woody Jackson, and Cuthbert Col- 
SSd ^^^''> ^"^ ^^^^^^ successors in office, be, and they are hereby de- 
iind incorpo- clarcd to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style 
ihelrstyie: of "The Trustecs of Prospect.academy ;" and as such shall be 
capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be im- 
^>ay^sweand pleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and re- 
gulations as may be necessary for the governm.ent of said acade- 
rroviso. j^y-. py^Q^id^ci, such bye-laws and regulations are not repugnant 
raayusea to the laws and coustitution of this State : and lor that purpose, 
und appoint ^ ^ay ^^^^'^ ^^^ ^^^c a commou seal, appoint such officers as they 
officers: may think proper, and remove the same Irom office for improper 
conduct or neglect of duty. 

vSed^wuh ^^^- ^^- ^e z7/wr«/ier cnacf c(?, 4'C. That the said trustees shall be 
properi)-. capable of accepting purchasing, and being invested with all man- 
ner of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, pri- 
vileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said insti- 
tution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to liave and to hold the same 
to, and for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said academy. 



va.'ancles Scc. III. Be it further enacted, ty-c. That when any vacan- 
cy may happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of 
the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or remaining trus- 



bov.tillea. 



ACADEMIES. 137 

tees, shall fill such vacancy in such manner as shall he pointed , 
out by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid, or ^™p*JJfiJj'tc 
in such manner as may be deemed proper by the survivors or re- ^^ ^^s^^'^^* 
maining trustees, and a majority of such trustees shall be at all 
times competent to the transaction of the concerns o? said insti- 
tution. 



l64. AN ACT to incorporate an academy, to be known by itit 
name of the Hermon Seminary, in the county of Ogle- 
thorpe — passed December 24th, 1821 — Daw. Com. 8. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, ^-c. That Jack Lumpkin, Adiel Sher- ^SSS««/4 
wood, John Mercer, Woody Jackson, Isham Goss, Benjamn J|™y ^°^;^^ 
Blanton, Christopher Bowen, and George Lumpkin, are appoin- corporatcd. 
ted, and they and their successors in office shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and style ^^^^.^ ^^^^^ .^ 
of the trustees of Hermon Seminary, in Oglethorpe county; 
and as such body politic, shall be capable of suing and being su-^heirpawcM. 
ed, and of doing all other acts which may be necessary to the 
execution of the trust confided to them ; and for that purpose 
they may have and use a common seal, appoint such officers as 
they may think proper, and remove them lor misconduct or ne- 
glect of duty. 

iSec. II. Be it further enacted^ ^-c. That the trustees shall be May »>oia 
capable of accepting and holding all manner of property, both^^ ^^^*' 
personal and real, and all bequests, gifts, and donations, privileges, 
and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, 
or which may be herieafter made or transferred to them of their 
successors in office, and that they or a majority of them, or their 
successors in office, are hereby authorised to make such bye- Sii^s®;**^^' 
laws and regulations as they may deem expedient : Provided^ Proviso. 
such bye-laws and regulations aforesaid, be not repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^t. That should any vacancy ^,^^j^^.;,.^jj 
happen, by death, removal, resignation, or otherwise, of the trus- iiow mie*, 
tees of Hermon Seminary, hereby established, it shall be filled, 
in such manner as the remaining trustees, or a' majority of theitti 
shall think proper. 



To entitle the incorporated academies of Oglethorpe, to their 
their full dividends of academic funds — Sec No. 94, 

^8 



138 ACADEMIES. 



165. AN ACT to incorporate Arthur academy, in Ogkthorpe 
county — passed 22d December, 1826 — Daw. Com. 35. 



Trustees of 
Arthur aoi- 
deiny in 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, 4*^- That from and immediately after 
the passage of this act, Barnabas Arthur, John Townsend, Jesse 
Smty^^^ Bell, Wihiam Brigg-, and Emanuel Zuber, and their successors 
nomiivited j^ officc, shall be, and thev are hereby declared to be, a bodv 
^aicd : corporate, by the name and style oi " The Trustees of Arthur 
May u?e a acadcmy in Oglethorpe county ;" and the said trustees are here- 
Sr" by authorised to have and use a common seal, and are hereby 
ieliuS declared to be able and capable in law of suing and being sued, 
pleading and being impleaded, and to have and hold real and 
personal property, for the use and benefit of said academy. 



lad hold 
property 



\^cancie5. ♦S'ec. II Be it further enacted, <5*c. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office shall have power to fill all vacan- 
cies which may happen in their board, by death, resignation, or 
Three to othcnvise, and that three of the aforesaid trustees shall be suffi- 
quomni. cient to form a board for the transaction of the business of said aca- 
oSer"! demy ; and shall have power to appoint such officers, removable 
by said board for improper conduct or neglect of duty, and to 
•S^ ^^^ pass such bye-laws as may be necessary to carry the powers 
pfovisi). hereby vested in them into full effect : Provided, such bye-laws are 
not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State. 

StorfJi^"-' 'Sfec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the aforesaid aca- 
flua"^^"""^ demy shall be entitled to all the provisions of the second section 
of an act entitled an act to distribute certain funds among the se- 
veral counties in this State, for the use of academies, and to pro- 
vide a method of obtaining further information concerning en- 
dowments heretofore granted — passed the twenty-third day of 
December, eighteen hundred and tv/enty-two, to which other 
iw?ademies of said countv are entitled. 



166. AN ACT to incorporate and appoint trustees lor the Mount 
Pleasant academy, in Oglethorpe county — passed Decem- 
ber 14th, 1830— Pamph. 16. 

JS^" '^ '^^^- ^- ^^ ^^ enacted, if*c. That Mark Andrews, Chesley 
Arnold, Robert S. Smith, Britton Stamps, and William Harts"'- 
tield, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby ap- 
pointed trustees for the Mount Pleasant academy in Oglethorpe 
countv-. 



ACADEMIES. 13^' 

.S'ec. II. Belt further enacted, 4^c. That the said trustees and j^^^^^"^.- 
their successors in office, he, and they are herehy declared to he 
n hody politic and corporate hy the name and style of "The ^^eirst tie; 
Trustees of Mount Pleasant academy," and as such shall be ca- ^^^ ma^iid 
pable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be implead- "e sued = 
ed, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regula- ^^^ ^^^^ 
tions, as may be necessary for the government of said academy : byciaws ; 
Provided, such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution or ^^^ ^^^.^ ^ 
laws of this State, and for that purpose, may have and use a com- ^°^™«" 
mon seal, and appoint such officers as they may think proper, an'i appoint 

',J^i„ jj^ ^j r I ' and removQ 

and remove the same irom oiiice. officers. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees of May hoid 
the before mentioned academy, shall be capable of accepting 
and being Invested with all manner of property both real and 
personal, all gifts, donations, grants, rights, privileges, and im- 
munities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or 
which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them, or their 
successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper 
benefit and behoof of the said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That when any vacan- 
cy shall happen, by death, resignation or otherwise, of any one vacajicies. 
or more of the trustees of said academy, their survivors or a ma- 
jorit}" of them, shall fill such vacancy. 



IG7. AN ACT to incorporate the Zebuion academy, in Pike, 
county — passed December 24th, 1825 — Daw. Com. 27. 

>S'ec. I. Be it enacted, v^-r. That Hugh G. .Johnson, James j,,,,>,,, ^^ 
Whatlev, Thomas G. Shehee, Nicholas Johnson, AVvlie J. Ster- Z'^nion^ra.- 

T A 1*1 \%r T-, IT T^ ^< , ** , ■, demy m Pike 

Img, Allen >V. Pryor, and James R. Gra}', be, and they are i^i'i'^i'^pd 
hereby made and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by ruted?*^"'^^^' 
the name and style of the trustees of Zebuion academy : and as 
such body politic and corporate, shall be capable of doin"- all acts 

ichmay be necessary tor the complete execution of the trust "vestei with. 
confided to them, and shall be invested with all manner of pro-^"^''"'" 
perty, both real and personal, which shall be acquired by pur- to ^n-^tii 
chase, gift, or otherwise, for the use and benefit of said institu-*^ ^''^'*' 
tion, and shall be capable of suing and being sued ; and the said 
trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, vacarcir*. 
shall have the power of filling vacancies in their own body, and 
of passing such bye-laws as may be necessary to carry the pow- Kuv 
ers hereby vested in them into full effect . Provided, such bye- 
laws are not contrary to the laws and constitution of tlii> Srar<\ ^'°^'^' 



May maTc* 



f- im AuaxnEMiEg. 



To appoint commissioners for Pulaski academy— See No. 9^, 



To establish an academy in Pulaski-^ — See No. 46. 



To incorporate the Hawkinsville academy—See No. 4S, 



168. AN ACT to add an additional nmnber of Commissioners 
to the Pulaski countv academy — passed December 22d, 
1830— Pamph. 21. 

Aidttiona^ Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That Robert N. Taylor, Jacob Wat- 
e??appoin" son, John Rawles and William L. Took, be, and they are hereby 
^^' added to the Commissioners of the Pulaski county academy. 

Thccommis- «S^ec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the commissioners 
iaw'thST of said academy, or a majority of them, be, and they are here- 
f5nd??ndap. iby fuUy authoriscd to draw from his Excellency the Governor, the 
propi-iate it. academical funds now remaining in the Treasury, which have 
been apportioned to said county, and undrawn, and all which 
may hereafter be apportioned to said county, and appropriate the 
same to academical purposes, according to the spirit and inten- 
tion of the law, in such cases made and provided. 



clause 



Repeaibi^ Scc. III. Be it further enacted, <£»c. That all laws and parts of 
laws mihtatmg agamst this act, be, ana the same are hereby re- 
pealed* 



ACADEMIES. 341 



IG9. AN ACT to make valid certain papers now in ^he possess- 
ion of the trustees of Union academy, in the county of Put- 
nam— passed Dec. 4th, 181 1— Lam. Com. 1. 

npfoHA \ ^'x!\^T'^f\^'^ '^^^^ ^" such instruments as ahove certain .ort 
aescnbed,* shall be held, deemed, and taken as valid and bind-Kr ''^^' 
mg m law, and altogether adequate to the attainment of the end 



ftnf P ^ incorporate Eatonton academy, in the coun- 
ty of Putnam, and tomvest the iundsot Union academy n 
said county, in the trustees of Eatonton academy-inassed 
December 4th, 1816— Lam. Com. 10. ^ ^ 

ma?HoL^VVZ'' V'-. ^^"' Christopher B. Stron,, Tho- Tn.stees of 
iiidb noxey, uoleman Pen- e'oii Wiilnm w^m.^vv, ft t Eatonton 

hamT. A ;ams,be, and .±,y a.c h.re'bv app.L^I Sees o^ n'"^-'"°" 
academy to be established in the town of Ea.onton,aM they and 
tor successors ,„ otfice shall be, and they are he eby declared 
II V%-^^^ corporate, by the name and stvle of "Th» T us 

St^rh'^— ?^i: !--->/ -- wil-;;; --- 

hereby authorised to make such bye-laws, ru es a^ndre'u "lions 

SnVfii T-T^''"''-''^'^ ""^ P^^P-^f fo'- *egover^m°em and 
benefit of said mstitution : P.-ov-ded ,uch bv^ ?aw. Ir7r^l, 

ffi"'-'° Ae co-t,,,^„ ^„, la^vs :f^'^^^r's^:elT'h;7'°-•'■'°• 
shall be myested With all manner of property, both re^land oer^ 
sonal all donations gifts, grants, priyileges and immu^iu'esth'h"- -» 
ma. belong to, o. be hereafter made, cunyejed ortran feared to""'"" ' 
for [1°"^ "' '""'^^T'^'V'' °^'''' '° ^^^'^ -nd to holdte san e 
Zl^JV "''=' ^^"""^^ ^""^ '^«^'>°°f said academy, sublet to ' 

hereby made capable of sumg and being sued, impleadin/ and 

Mortjajes without £«1 m-ntiowd in tho ,ttmVle. 



hi I ACADEMIES. 

bcln^ implea:letl, and of using all necessary and lawful measure?, 
for recoverinj^ or defending any property, debts, or demands, 
which they may claim in behalf of said institution, and also of 
recovering the rents, issues and profits of the same, or any part 
thereof. 



Sec. lY. Be it farther enacted, &r. That should any vacancv 
howtiiieu. happen, by the death, or resignation, of any of the trustees of 
Eatonton academy hereby authorised and established, such va- 
cancy shall be filled, in such manner as a majority of the survi- 
vors shall in their regulations point out. 

Trn<:rees S^cc. Y. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees or a 

officerir majority of them, shall have power to elect such officers, as they 
may think proper, and remove the same for any malfeasance or 
neglect of duty, and the said trustees shall, once in every year, 
lay before the grand jury of Putnam county, a full and correct 



aily lay an 
aooount of 
ib'jir funds 

srSid jiuy. account of the funds of said academy. 



Ic^JfTi^T ^^^* ^^' ^^ ^^ further enacted, ^*c. That all the property, 
academy, both real and personal, all debts or demands whatsoever, and all 
to the use monies that noAv are belongmg, or m any wise appertaining to the 
acadelny!*'" trust of Uuion acadcmy, in the county of Putnam, be, and the 

same are hereby invested, transferred and confirmed to the tiust, 

use and benefit of Eatonton academy. 

saidtran=!. Sqc. YII. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That immediately after 
the passing of this act, the trustees of Union academ}^, with their 
treasurer, shall make out a full and fair schedule of all the funds 
and property of every description, belonging to their trust, ami 
shall turn the same over, together with such schedule, to the 
trustees of Eatonton academy, who shall give a receipt for the 
same : Provided nevertheless, that this act of incorporation shall 
be subject to any revision or alteration that any future legislature 
of this State may think proper to make. 

jS^ec. YIII. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That an act passed the 
Hepeaiing fifteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and nine, to es- 
tablish an academy in the town of Eatonton, and county ot Put- 
nam, by the name of Union academy, and to incorporate the 
same, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same 
may militate against the provisions of this act. 



Proviso. 



ACADEMIES. 



ITl. \N ACT to incorporate Inion academy hi the countv of 
Putnam-passed December Idlh, lS2i— Duh". Com. 7.' 

Xv-M^"' \\ ^^ 'f """-fJ'!^' *'• '^''^* ^'^'^^ EJlis, AViiliam Walker, Tn..«„ 
W i ham Alexan ler, ■William Turner, ^Villiam E. Adams Zscche ■" ?'"" 
us Butler, and Hardy Pace, be, and they are heteby aptomted""™-^^^^ 
trustees 01 a.i academy established in 'the county^ofPutaam --■■'""• 
^nd they and their successors in office, shall be, and they are ,. ■ , 
•herebv declared to be a body corporate, by the ^ame and^style ^iTr 
ot _ Ihe Irustees ot Union Academy," with the privilexeofSr" ' 
iavmg and using a common seal. ° 

.^'"'- }]-^^ ^f'"'^^^^ ^^^'^tcd, 4.C. That the trustees afore- >'»-' m,w, 
said and their successors in office, or a majority of them, or the '^"'^'"' 
authority noy. empowered or that may hereafter be empowered 
by the constitution, laws, and regulations of said insftuC, are 
hereby authorised to make such bye-laws, rules and leRulat ons 
as they may deem necessary and proper for the governm n and 
benefit of said mstitution, subject to such alterations and amend- 
ments as a majority of the trustees, or the authority aforS 
nay from time to time oixlain and establish : Provided, such S' 
laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State- '^'•'-■'■ 

anJ trsS aU 7:"^ '"''''■ f "''"''''"'' P^P^'J'' ^oth rfai„a.. ,„. 

ana persona., alJ aonations, shifts, arrants, nrivileo-e^ anH imrr.,. vested witft 

nities which have heretofore ieL,%r m^J lieSr be IT """'" 
conveyed, or transterred to them or their successors in office to 

W^rsaiSfj;^^ ^^'"^' ""'"'^ P™P« -' "-«'' -'^ ^e! 



Mv stw and 



Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the trustees above 
mentioned and their successors iL office, shall bV^nd hey Ire ^-- 
hereby made capable of suing and being sued, impleading^^d 
being mipleaded, and of using ail necelsary and Lful me^s 

fvhVwr""^ °', ^'^"^'^t'^ ''°y P~P«^*y' debts, or demands! 
«vhich they may claim in behalf of said iMtitution. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, *c. That when -inv vnr^n 



144 



ACADEiMIES. 



I 



172. AN ACT to incorporate Harmony academy in the county 
of Putnam — passed Novemxber 24th, 1823 — Daw. Com. 19, 



Oflicers and 
ti-uiittes of 
Harraony 
academy, 
nomina- 
ted and in- 
corporated. 



their style 



may sue ano 
be sued : 



May adopt 
byelaws : 



*S'ec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That from and after the passage 
of this act, the academy in the county of Putnam, now known 
by the name of Harmony academy, shall be called and known by 
that name ; and that Thomas Vardiman, President, William L. 
Walker, Secretary, and John A. Cogburn, Jervis Davis, Overton 
Wahon, Peter R. Gee, and Thomas Ingram, other trustees of 
said academy, and their successors in office, be, and they are 
hereby declared to he, a body corporate and politic, by the name 
and style of " The Trustees of Hiirmony academy ;" and as such,. 
shall be capable imd liable in law lo ^rue and be sued, plead and 
be impleaded, to have and use a common seal, and to do and per- 
form ail such matters and things as may be authorised by the con 
stitution or fundamental regulations of said academy. 



Proviso. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That the tiustees or proprie- 
tors of said \caden )-. ji such auth(,rit} as may be authorised bj 
said fundaments! reguiaiious, shall have power to adept such bye- 
laws and regUiation.T as may be necessary lor its governmit-nt and 
prosperity, and to app<jint and remove for improper conduct op 
neglec- of duty, such officers as ma} be authorised by the pro- 
per authority : Proi-ded, That the regula-ions for the govern-' 
ment of said acad( my shah not be repugnant to the constitution 
or laws of this State, or of the United States. 



Capable of 
holding pro- 
perty, &c. 



Elections 
how held, 
vacancies 
how filled. 



Sec. III. Be it furiher enacted, <J-c. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office, shall be capable of accepting and 
being invested with all manner of property, real and personal, 
all donation*, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, 
which may belong to said institution or which may hereafter 
be conveyed or transferred to them, to have and to hold the 
same, for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That elections of trus- 
tees shall be held at such periods, and in such ways, and vacan- 
cies occurring in the board, or m the officers, shall be tilled i; 
such manner, as may be prescribed by the proper authority. 



If suspended Sgc. V. Be it further enacted, ^c. That if said academy shal 

SoS this at any time, suspend for the space of twelve months, this a© 

J^S^ '^' shall be considered a? repealed, and that this act shall at all times 

be subject to amendment or repeal by the Legislature, 



i 



ACADEMIES. 145 



To transier the lunds of Union acadcniy, in Putnafji county, 
certain trustees — See jVo, loG. 



To ihcon)oraie Uabuii academy — See No. 9t 



t7S< AN ACT to incorporate Jefferson academy, in the coun- 
ty of Put; Kim, and a])point tru:stees for the same — passed 
Dec 2dj I83u— Pamph. 19, 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, 4*c. That frotn and after the passai^e Trustees ijt- 
of this act, there shall be established at or within a convenient ''^'^^^"^''^^' 
distance of a place called and known by the name of Stanford's 
Cross Roads, in the county of Putnanj, an academy to be called 
and known by the name of Jefferson academy, and tliat Caiey 
Coxe, sen. Moses Harvey, William A. Slaughter, Elisha Blathis. 
William Holt, Hugh F. Rose, and John Minter, and tiieir suc- 
cessors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body 
pohtic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Trustees "^^^^^-'*' 
of Jefferson academy, and as such, be capable and liable in lav/maysueani 
to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be autho- I'^rnakb 
rised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessa-tjye-iaws: 
ry for the government of said academy : Provided, such bye- ^'''^'''^^'^^• 
laws are not repugnarit to the constitutioii and lav^-s of tliis State : n,nyhave a- 
and for that purpose, may have and use a common seal, appoint ^4u"a>ui 
such officers as they may think ju'oper, and remove the same ^^'p"'^;'^ *^1 
irom office for improper conduct or nei^lcct of duty, t«i=^- 

Sec. IL Be itfnrlher enacted, if'C, That the said trustees May hoi,. 
4iaU be capable of acceptinic and being invested with all man-^'"'^'''''" 
jier of propert}^, real and personal, all donatioiis, gifts, grants, 
privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said 
institution, orwhichmay hereafter be conveyed, appropriated, or 
transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to 
hold the same for the proper benefit and behoof of smd acade- 
my, and they shall be entitled to u proportional share of all mo- upccne a 
liies which may hereafter be appropriated to the academies in StuiemL^*** 
-aid county, by the laws of this State, apportioning funds ibr the ^^'"'^• 
■ jcnetlt of county academics : Provided^ that the trustees of Jci- p„vi«.. 
erso academy, and their successors in oflice, sb.all not be enti- 
lea to receive a proportion or dividend of said limd, appropria- 
ed for the benelit of county academies, except on condition ot" 
heir kecpins; in their eniplov' at said academv of Jeffersoh, a 



14a ACADEMIES. 

teacher capable and qnalified to teach the classics, and chall ac- 
tually have one or more r^udents engaged in the study of classi- 
cal acquirements, which fact being annually made known to the 
Justices of the inferior Court of said county of Putnam, by the 
certificate of the trustees oi' said academy, and their success^ors 
in office, shall entitle them to a proportional share or dividend of 
all the funds as aforesaid. 

:ics- Sec. II I. i?e it further enacted, &c. That when any vacancy may 
happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the trus- 
tees of said academy, the survivors or a majority of said ti'ustees 
shall fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the 

bve4aw3 and re^rulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



174. AN ACT to incorporate the Clayton academy, in Rabun 
county, and to appoint trustees for the same — passed De-, 
cember [)th, 1824— Daw. Com. 25. 

Trustees of Scc. I. Be it eiiacicd, £:c. That from and immediately after 

dVmv^rwmi^" thc passagc of this act, the academy in Rabun county, shall be 

corpomed."' known by the name of Clayton academy : and that Benjamin 

Odell, Samuel Paris, Edvv^ard Coifee, John Dillard, and Henry 

Cannon, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby 

. ^^ declared to be, a body politic and corpoi'ate, by the name and 

style of "The Trustees of Clayton academy ;" and as such shall 

May sue and be Capable and hable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be 

nfakelVe- unplcaded, and sliall be authorised to make such bye-laws end 

'*^* ■' regulations as may be necessary for the government of said aca- 

use a coin- Jemy I Providcd, such bve-laws are not repuornant to the con- 

i^rid appoint stitution and laws oi this hitate : and lor that purpose may have 

and use a comuiou sea!, appoint such othcers as they may tnnik 

proper, and remove the sfamc from oiilce for improper conduct or 

neglect of duty. 



Islay hold 



VaCiiilCics. 



*S'ec. 11. Us it farther enacted, <5*c. That the said trustees 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner 
of property, real and jiersonal, all donations, gifts, grants, ])rivi- 
leges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said insti- 
tution, or which may liereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office ; to have and to hold the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

See. ill. Ueit further enacted, i^-c. That when any vacancy 
may happen, by tleath, resignation or otherwise, of any of the 
ti'ustees of said academ}-, the survivors, or a majority of them, 
shall till the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the 

;^'c^:;aws i;!id resru!?.r:':!i3 of the. trustees aforesaid. 



ACADEMIES. M' 



17j. an act to repeal an act, entitled an act to add that part 
of the funds heretofore set apart for the support of county 
academies to the poor school funds, so far as respects the 
county of Rahun, passed the 27th Decemher, 1826, and to 
appoint commissioners for the purpose of applying the poor 
school and academy funds of said county — passed Decem- 
ber 19th, 1827— Daw. Com. 44.- 

Sec. II. Be it enacted, c^^c. That the free school and acade-rree?f>oo':.^ 
my funds for said county be. and the same is hereby vested in thefuncfof Ra-^ 
hands of Luallen Gilliland, Tilman Powell, James Dillard, Sam- ^"e" <?d in''' 
uel Beck, and Edward Coffy, who shall form and constitute aSsio. 
board of commissioners, for the purpose of applying the afore- "^"^^'^ 
said funds to the uses and objects contemplated by the acts of 
the General Asspusbly, in relation to the support of free schools 
and county a-ademies, the said commissioners applying said funds 
re^pectiveh' to each of the aforesaid institutions, accordirg to 
their respective amounts appropriated, by law to each, as they 
in their discretion shall deem most conducive to the interest of 
said ^TGQ school and county academy. 



rom- 
oncrs 



/S^cc. III. Be it farther enacled, ^^-c. That the person or per- j,^^^^^^ ^,^,^j 
sons in whom anv of the funds of said free school or academy ins Vvrnds to 
may novr be, or mto whose hands tJie same may at any time same. 
iieretofore have passed, be bound to pay over the same to the 
before mentioned commissioners ; and the said commissioners mission- ' 
are hereby created a body politic, and capable in law to sue and ated'!"*^^'*^^' 
be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a common seal, and pos- ^ 
sess all the povrers of a body corporate, and especially autho- atS'iowe'n^^' 
rised to sue for and recover any of the aforesaid funds withheld 
or detained by any person or persons, wlio may now have or 
have had the sam.c in their hands or control. 

Sec. IV. Be it farther enacted, <^'C. That in case of a vacan-^^^^jj,;^^ 
cy in said board of com>mnssioners, by death, resignation or oth- 
erwise, the same shall be filled by the remaining members of said 
board. 



To incorporate Randoipli county academy — Sec No. 64. 



For additional trustees to Randolph co. academy — Sec No. 43. 



.S"c«;. 1. ropeals nn act not inrertrS. 



14S ..vADL.r.. 



To raise a fund Jo? erectins: an ^academy In Richmond — 5?ee 
No. 40. 



f*omiiion.<5 to 
ho. leaseil, 
aijd how. 



176. AN ACT amendatory to an act, entitled, an act to enable 
the trustees of the Richmond academy, to lease out the 
commons of Augusta, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned, and to enlars^e their powers — passed 8th December, 
1810— Clay. Com.^'COO. 

iS'ec. I. Be it enacted, c^-c. That from and after the passing: 
of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the 
Richmond academy from and after the expiration of the present 
leases, to lease out any part or the Avhole of the said common?? 
in lots, for one or more years, at their discretion, the rents of 
which said commons to be considered as part of the funds of the 
said academy. 



Trustees in- 



Naire an! 



T. AN ACT to incorporate Blount Enon academ}' — passe«] 
December loth, 1810— Clay. Cora. 6GG. 

»9ec. I. Be it enacted, ^^c. That Henry Holcomb, Jesse Mer- 
(V.i-porated:' ccr, Abraham Marshall, James Mathews, George Franklin, Ed- 
mond Shackelford, WiUiam B. Johnson, and Benjamin S. Scri- 
ven, be, and they and their successors in office, are hereby de- 
clared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style 
B^yic! '"' of "The Trustees of Mount Enon academy, in the county of 
Richmond," by which name and style they shall be capable in 
law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and 
they and their successors in office are hereby authorised to have 
and use a common seal. 

Their pow- Scc. II. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That the said Henry Hol- 
comb, Jesse Mercer, Abraham Marshall, James Matthews, 
George Franklin, Edmond Shackelford, William B. Johnson, 
and Benjamin S. Scriven, as aforesaid, and their successors in 
office, or a majority of them, shall be, and they hereby are au- 
thorised to make such bye-laws and regidtitions as are necessary 



ers 



ACADEMIES. H^ 

to the government of an academy ; and that thf^y shall be inven- 
ted with all manner of propertj. both real and personal, all do- 
nations, gifts grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which 
may belong to the institution at Mojuit Enon, in the county of * 
Richmond, at the time of passing this act, or which may be here- 
after made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors 
in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, bene- 
fit and behoof of the said academy, uncontrolled by any other 
academv or institution, whatever : Provided^ such bye-laws, rules rrovi?o. 
and regulations are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of 
this State : 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That should any vacan- vacancies 
cy happen, by death, or resignation of any of the trustees of^°^^"^^' 
Mount Enon academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall 
fill the same in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye- 
Jaws and regulations of jhe trustees aforesaid. 



trustees 
of Rirhmonl 



178. AN ACT to authorise and require the conve3^ance of a 
lot on the common of Augusta, to certain trustees, and their 
successors, for the purpose of building a new church, and 
to incorj. orate the trustees of said church — passed ICth 
December, 180S— Clay. Com.'464. 

»S>ec. I. Be it enacted, ^'C. That the trustees of the Richmond 
county academy, be, and they are hereby authorised and requir- ^^ 
ed to convey by proper deeds to John Taylor, James Pearre, -'"^'^."g^/j^" 
John Wilson, the elder; Thomas Gumming, John Campbell, 5=eii a certain 
John B. Barnes, and William W^hite, who have been named trus- and for\hS 
tees of the said church, by the persons associated for the pur- p""^""^' 
pose of defraying the expense of building the same, all that par- 
cel ot ground heretofore designated and set apart by the trustees 
of the raid Richmond county academy, being situated and bound- 
ed as follows : — On the north by Telfair street ; on the east, by 
the road leading from Washington, to Savannah st. ; on the west, 
by Mcintosh street, and on the south, by a line to be drawn par- 
allel to, and distant from Telfair street aforesaid, three hundred 
feet, being a part of the said town common.* 



Sec. 2, 3, 4, and 5, relate to the tegulatlon of said church. 






170. AN ACT to Quihoilse tlic trustees of the Eichmonu ac:J- 
derny, to convey a lot to the Baptist Society, and to lay oft' 
another ranore of lots in the city of Aiis'iista — passed' De- 
cember 2d, 1803— Clay. Com. 526. 



Sec. I. Be il enacicd, ^-c. That the trustees of the RichTnond 

Rirh-nonrr academv, be, and they are hereby authorised and required imme- 

thoris^'^to"' diat-elv aOer the expiration of the present leases of the town 

Pircefin common of Au2^u3ta, to lay off a street on the sourh side of, and 

Augusta, adjourning to the aca.lemy, Cour^-house, and Christ Church 

lots, of th" wid-h of one hun.ired and sixty feet, which sha'] jun 

parallel, wifh T^dfair stree', and of the ^-^ame l<-ngth, which shall 

be called and known by the naino of. ^Valker street. 



ipproyriaieJ 



Tiip^ot<=hov' gee. II. De :t farther eni-ded, &,-. That all th<' squares or 
lots of gr nina between Teliair str; et and Uaiker struet. shall be 
by the said trustees appropriated to pubhc uses and buildings. 



Sec. 111. Be 'tfiiriJier enacted, ^^'\ That the said trustees, be, 

a^d they are hereby authorised to lay off a lot of ground between 

'^onveyeTio Telfair and Walker streets, not exceeding one half a square, for 

BapSfr''* the purpose of building a Baptist Church thereon, ond to con- 

ci.uich. ^.^y ^T,^ same to the general committee of Georgia Baptists, or 

to such persons in trust, for the purpose aforesaid, as they have 

or may nominate to receive titles as aforesaid. 

Sec. IV. Bf it farthsr enacted, kc. That the street herefo- 
A -"rain^ fore laid oif on the south side of the common of Augusta by the 
tofore laid" said trustccs, and by them called " Boundary street," be, and the 

f.ff and nam- ' ^ ^ r j ' 

*•.!, now wu- same is hereby conarmed. 



linned 



180. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the Richmond aca- 
demy, to ostabliHU a seminary of learning on the Sand-Hills, 
near Augusta, to be held and con-idered as a branch of the 
Richmond academy — ^passed 8th December, 1815 — Lam. 
Com. 5. 

Sec. I. Br it enarled, Sic. That it shall and may be lawful 
Abrnr.ch of for the trustccs of the Richmond academy, or a majority of them, 
Mond'aca- to cstabUsh a seminary of karning on the Sand-Hills, near Au- 
b^'"sta"b^5h- gusta, to be held and considered as a branch of the Richmond 

academy, and to be governed by such rules and regulations as 

govern the said institution. 



ed at Sand 
Ililli 



ACADEMIES. lol 



ISl. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of Richmond acadeir.}', 
or their t-uccossors in ( liico, to lay oif a rung-e ot" lors, on 
Walker street in the city of Aui;usta, and to sell, dispose of 
and convey the same, ai-d to appromiate ihe r.viriLV arising 
from ihefcale of said lots — passed December iOth, 181 G — 
Lam. Com. 14. 



Sec. I. Be H enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passins: of 



Tvnstcps of 



this act, it shall and may be lawful fir the trustees of tfie I^ ich- J^^'^'^J^y^*;'!^ >^^^ 
mond academy, or their successors in o(nce, and the said trustees tiw)nsed to 

, ,, , ,~ ', 11 , . , - ,» .lay ou and 

shall be, and thi?y tire be re by aulhorr-ed to lay oil a raiii^e oUenarause 
lots, of any size they may deem expedient, in the south side of^u'r^'^"*^* 
"SValker street, on the ciry^f AU;^»,ii3ta, a long the whole extent of 
said street, and the same to sell and convey, under such terms as 
to them shall seem most conducive lo the welfare of said city, 
and the benefit of the said RichniGnd acadeniy. 

iSec. II. Be it further enacted. S;c. That the said trustees Empowered 
of Richmond academy shall be, and they are hereby authorised to \ks, an 
and empowered to lay off int^o lots, of any size or dimension they U!i Jromir* 
may think proper, all that unimproved ground lying between Tel- nv""n*^rei- 
fan^ and Walker streets, in die said city of Augusta, which has^vHikc? 
not heretofore been disponed of; and the same to sell and con- ^'^■"'='' 
vey, or di^^pose of, under such terms and restrictions as \o them 
shall seem most conducive to tl^e welfare and improvement of 
the said city of Augusta. 

Sec. III. Be it fitrtJter enacted, &c. That the trustees of the Authorised 
Richmond academy, be, and they are hereby au'l.orised, after street lu au- 
the expiration of :)ie piesent leases of the town common of Au-^VaeVw^ui- 
gusta, to lay o-f a street on the south of the range of lots aurho-^"''' '"^^''"'' 
rised to be laid off by the first section of this act, of the width 
of one hundred icet, (or such other width as the said (rustees 
shall tliink proper) which street shall run parallel with Walker 
street, and of the same length, wliich shall be called and known 
by the name of AVatkins street. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, kc. That the moneys arising Moneys aHs- 
from sales authorised by this act, shall be, and the same are here- sXmo ^.** 
by declared to be, a part of the luiids of the said Richmond aca- orthp%mS 
demy^ and to be appropriated in such manner as the *]ustees of ^J!,^;;*'.*^ ' 
the said academy or their successors in oliicc, shall deem most 
conducive to the welfare of said institution. 

Sec. V. Be it further en-vtcd, ij-r. That all acts and parts of nepeaihig 
acts militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re- *'^^'^''- 
pealed. 



acu- 



152 



ACADEMIES, 



182. AN ACT to confirm the sales lately made by the trustees 
of the Richraoud academv, of a range of lots, south of 
Walker street, m the city of Augusta, and to narrow and 
define the width of said Walker street, and to continue the 
said street eighty feet wide, and sell the remainder of the 
lots on said street — passed 2d December, 1817 — Lam. 
Com. 16. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, Sic. That the sales of lots south of, and 
la Au?usta including a part of Walker stieeh in the city of Angus- a, mnde 
by the trustees of the Richmond academy, on the 22d day of 
April, 1817, be, and the same are hereby legalized and confirmed, v 
and the said trustees of the Richmond academy, and their suc- 
cessors in office, are hereby authorised and empowered to con- 
vey the said lots to the respective purchasers, in as full and am- 
,e°s authoris- plc a manner as if there had been no part of the said street in- 
*^" eluded therein* 



^:iles of lots 



trustees of 
Richmond 
academy 
cqafirmed. 



Width of Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the width of Wal- 
Smln Au-^er street, in the city of Augusta, shall hereafter be only eighty 
defiu- feet^ as lately altered and arranged by the trustees of the Rich^ 
mond academy, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



?usta 
ed. 



Sec. III. Be it further enacted, cj-c. That the trustees of 



Faid trustees 

authorised -i x^- i i • /y> i 

to lay off the Richmond academy and their successors in office, be, and 

and eell cer- - .. .^_ _.. '' 

Tain other 
lots in Au- 
gusta. 



they are hereby authorised to lay off, sell and convey any other 
lots south of Walker street, upon a range with those heretofore 
sold, including a part of said street, so as to keep the same uni- 
form, and o^ the width of eighty feet, as provided in the second 
section of this act. 



Repealing Scc. IV. Be it further enacted, cj-c. That all acts and parts 
«^«^ of acts repugnant to tliis act, be, and the same are hereby re- 
pealed. 



ISS. AN AO'T amendatory of an act, entitled an act, fo 
more full and complete establishment of a public se 
learning in this State^— passed December 21st, 1819^ — 

Com. 28. 



an act, for iht 

seat of 

-Lam= 



'*>ru=;tces of ^^^' ^* ^^ ^^ enoctcd, <J«c. That from and after the passing of 
Kichniond this act^ it sliall attd may be lawful that Nicholas Ware, Freeman 
vhoriscK " Walker, Anderson Watkins, Walter Leigh, L. C Cantelow, 
w%Si? Robert R. Reid, George AUenj A. Cunnindaam, and Edward F. 



ACADEMIES. i5^ 

Campbell, trustees of the academy of Richmond county, and 
their successors in office, shall be, and they are hereby authoiised 
a.nd empowered to have and use a common seal, whenever act- 
ing as a corporate body. 



Sec. II. Be it farther enacted, 4'^- That all acts heretofore 
done by the aforesaid trustees, and their predecessors in office, a° 



Acfs lutlieru"' 

done withovi:: 

?eal, legal- 

without using a common seal, which would have been consider- *^°^- 
f^d legal and binding under the sanction of a common seal, shall 
be, and they are hereby declared as virtual and efficacious as 
ihough they had been executed under a common seal. 



184. AN ACT to incorporate the Roman Catholic Society ot^ 
Augusta, and county of Richmond, and to authorise the 
trustees of the Richmond academy to convey a lot of land, 
in the city of Augusta, to the said Roman Catholic Society — 
passed 10th December, 1811— Lam. Com. 822.^ 

5'ec. III. Be it further ■ enacted, ^-c. That the trustees of theS^^^^^^' 
llichmond academy, be, and they are hereby authorised and em- ^I'^oSd to" 
t)owered to convey to the trustees before named, and their sue- ^o"^ey 'o 
cessors m office, all that lot oi land situate, lymsr and bem^^ m tees a loi m 
the city of Augusta, bounded on the north by Telfair street, on whereon to 
the east by Mcintosh street, on the south by Walker street, and church. 
on the West by Jackson street ; the said lot to be vested in the 
said trustees, and their successors in office, as a site whereon to 
erect their church or house o£ worship, and for no other purpose 
whatsoever. 



AN ACT to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Society, 
of Augusta and county of Richmond, and to authorise the 
trustees of the Richmond academy to convey a lot of land 
in the city of Augusta, to said Protestant Episcopal Socie- 
ty — passed December 13th, 1816-^Lam. Cora. 836. f 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, &c. That the trustees of Rich- Trustees 



Ci 



Ru-hnionci 



rnond academy be, and they are hereby authorised and empow- uc&deno 



* P'^c. 1, * 2, relate to the incorporation of said Romon Catholic Soo 
' JJec, \ di. relate to the incorporation of said Episcopal Church. 

^20 



lo/i _^ ~" ' ACADEMIES. 

JSSvcy^to** ered to convey to the trustees before named, and their succcssorR 
iSes'a'fouu ■ in o^ce, all that lot of land containing one acre, to be laid off 
SSto by the trustees of Richmond academy, where they may think 
Surcil ^^^^ proper for the erection of the said house of worship. 



186. AN ACT to incorporate the Baptist Church ni the city of 
Augusta and county of Richmond, and to authorise the 
trustees of the Richmond academy to convey a lot of land, 
in the city of Augusta to said l^aptist Society — passed 19th 
Dec. ISIT—Lam. Com. 833. ^• 

"Trustees on Qqq^ uj^ J5e if /i^r^W enftdcJ, <f-c. That the trustccs of Rich- 
academy au- moud acadcmv, be, and they are hereby authorised and empow- 
conveya lot crcd to convcy to the trustees before nam^ed, and their success 
tfuid soiety. ors in ofiice, all that lot of land containing one acre, to be laid 

off by the trustees of Richmond academy, where they may think 

most nroper; 



387. AN ACT to authorise and make itlawfid for the truste^si 
of Richmond academy, to convey to the Directresses of the 
V Augusta Femialc Asylum, and their successors in office, a 
^ lot of the unappropriated ground within the c-Jy of Augus- 
ta, owned by said trustees, for the purpose of erecting a 
building for the accommodation of such poor children as 
may come under their protection — passed December 21 st, 
1820— Daw. Com. o. 

^inisieesof Scc. I. J5c it enacted, ^-c. That from and immediately after 
fc^emy^au the passiug of tliis act, it may and shall be lawful i'or the trustees 
ISyU*^ of Richmond academy to convey to the Directresses of the Au- 
i?«s?iro'f gusta Femiale Asylum, and their successors in office, any lot of 
i^emar^As?- ^^^^ which by them niay be deemed advisable, now owned and 
cnind owil possessed by said trustees, within the limits of the city of Augus- 
tJAMhenv ta, for the purpose of erecting a building for the accommodation 
of such poor children as may come under their protection, any 
law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. 



S»n. 1, it 2, : y . ?r v' '.o !*e i.'^Tcrreri?!*:* ?f £2'.?» Sat;t!st C'-bc!?. 



ACADEMIES, 15, 



188. AN ACT to entitle the com mission er.s of the academy of 
the county of Scriven ■ o it- full (liviflend of the funds set a- 
part (or county academies — passed 2Uh December, 1825 — . 
Daw. Com. 30. 

<S'ec. I. B(^ is enacted, c^v. That the commissioners of the ^ 
academy of the county of Scriven, be, and they are hereh}^ de- ^i'oners of * ' 
clared to be en-itled to their full dividend of the fund set apart co"m>"aca» 
for county academies, with the exception of four hundred and S'toTfuu 
fifty-nine dollars, slxtjf-eight cents, which is hereby admitted tothracaiiemy 
have been received by the commissioners of the Scriven acade- ^^^^pj^^j^n 
my, as their portion or interest of or into certain lands sold by 
Coi. Flui^h j\ion'gomer\, for the benefit of ten counties, of which 
Scriven was one, and in the same manner as though no confisca- 
ted land had been purchased by the commissioners of said aca- 
demy, nor by Richard Carneg, v/ho purchased land in behalf or 
for the use of certain counties, and among others, Scriven was 
entitled in the said purchase to the amount of four hundred and 
ten poundf!, v/hich sunt of four hundred and ten pounds due b}' 
the said Carnes, as will more fully appear by reference to his 
bond bearing date in Februar}^, seventeen hundred and ninety- sai i rem- 
four, and also all claim and interest to their portion of certain J^'relfnpufsh 
lands in the county of Elilngham when sold, which the county of J°^\^/j.fp\^'''' 
Scriven was interested in, with nine other counties, viz — Elbert, Janu^'^^'"' 
Jackson, Clarke, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Laurens, jNIontgome- 
ry, and Bulloch — the commissioners of said academy of Scri- 
ven, and their successors in office, are hereby required to relin- 
quish and give up — Provide always, Th.at should the tracts of proviso,, 
of land, or either of them, be found, or that the bond or any 
part thereof, shall hereafter be recovered, all right, thle, or inter- 
est, of, in, or to the same, and also the nett proceeds of the land 
v/hen sold, lying in the county of Edingham, in which the coun- 
ty of Scriven is entitled, v/ith the nine other counties aforemen- 
tioned, shall, and are hereby construed to be fully and complete- 
ly vested in the State of Georgia, and relinquished forever to the 
same, agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act, any 
law, usage, deed, conveyance, or cuKlcm to tlie contrar}' notwith- 
.''fandinir. 



I5G 



ACADEMIES, 



189. AN ACT to be entitled an act, to incorporate Scriven 
county academy, and to appoint trustees for the same — 
passed December 20th, 1828— Daw. Com. 55. 



^criven 
rounty 
academy 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That Solomon Bryan, Augustus S. 

Jones, Hardy Scarborough, Robert M. Williamson, jr. William 

nomfnateci Coopcr, Scaboum Goodall, and Mulford Marsh, are appointed, 

and incorpo- f' •% ^ • 're ini ii 

rated. and thcv and their successors m ornce, snail be, and they arc 

hereby declared to be, a body corporate, by the name and style 
of "The Trustees of the Scriven county academy," with the 
privilege of having and using a common seal. 



their style : 
may use a 
common 
seal : 



. 



pSe'^mr - *^^^-' II- ^^^'j^/wW^cJ' enacfec?, t^c. That the trustees aforesaid, 
Mads; jjnd their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they 
may think best calculated to promote the interest of said institu- 
tion, and erect suitable edifices for the education of youth, all 
monies and specialties belonging, or in any wise appertaining to 
the said institution. 



Hay make 
)jye-lawi : 



Proviso. 



May hold 
property . 



Sec. Til. Be it further enacted, tj-c. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised to make such bye-laws, and regulations as may be 
necessary for the government of said academy; Provided, such 
bye-law^s and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and 
laws of this State : and that they shall be invested with all man- 
ner of property, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, 
grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong- 
to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter be 
made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their successors in of- 
fice, to have and to hold the same for the proper use, benefit, and 
behoof of said academy. 



maysneand Scc. IV. Bc it further euacted, <^'C. That the trustees of said 
b3 sued : institution, and their successors in office, shall be, and they are 
hereby declared to be, capable of suing and being sued, plead- 
ing and being impleaded, and using all manner of lawful mea- 
sures for recovering or defending any property, debts, or demands 
whatsoever, which they may claim or demand in right of said in- 
stitution, or any part or parcel thereof. 

Vacancies. Scc. V. i*e it further cuctcted, t^r. That all vacancies that may 
happen in the board of said trustees, shall be filled in such man« 
ner as a majority of the survivors shall point out. 



Sha'jl annu- 
ally lay ati 
account of 
their funds 
before the 
£iand jury. 



Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, tj-c. That it shall be, and 
is hereby the duty of said tnistees, to lay before the grand jury, 
at the first term of the Superior Court of said county, in each 
year, a full and correctfstatementof the shuation and investments 
of the funds of tlic said institution, in such manner and form a? 



ACADEMIES. ' loT 

they may think proper, or said jury recommend : and the said re- SliSd''"^ 
turns shall by the said jury be delivered to the Clerk of said^eu^u<=Ara- 
Court, and remain in his office, until the general election next^^^^'^"-- 
ensuing-, when it shall be the duty of said Clerk to dehver the 
same to the Senator of said county, to be by him laid before the 
Senatus Academicus, when thereunto required. 

Sec. TIL Be ^t further enacted, ^-c. That the commission- ^larappomt 
€rs aforesaid shall have power to appoint a treasurer, who shall v ho siiaii 
give bond with approved securhy, payable to his Excellency the Ind securitv. 
Governor, nnd his successors in office, in the sum of two thou- 
sand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of said 
office. 

iS^ec. VIII. Be it further enacted, <J-c. That all laws and parts j^^p^^j.^ 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby cia'Oit. 
repealed. 



To incorporate the Stewart county academy — See No. 42. 



Washington academy, in Talbot, incorporated — See No. 38. 



Talbotton Female academy incorporated — See No. 110. 



190. AN ACT to incorporate the Oak Ridge academy in the 
county of Talbot, and to appoint trustees for the same — 
passed December 26th, 1831 — Pamph. 14. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, df-c. That Norbome B. Powell, David trustees 
Johnston, Abel Dimond, Thomas C. McDowell, and William w'^'*^^ 
Boswell, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Oak 
Ridge academy, of Talbot county, and constituted a body poll- 



1.5S ACADEMIES. 

their styi?: {[q nn-:] corporat?-, hccvlns; perpetual succession under the name 
anil title of th-; trustees of the Oak Ridge academy, and by that 
name and style, are hereby made able and capable in law, to 
have, purchase, receive, and possess, enjoy, and retain to them 
and their successors, lands, rent?, tenements, good3, chatdes, of 

be''sued:""'Avhat nature or quality soever; and the same to sell, alien, 
demise or dispose of, for the benefit of the inc-titution n^itrusted 
to their care, an'1 to sue and hv ^i]e(\, plead and be im^pleaded, 
and answer and be ansv/ered in Courts of Record or other pla- 
ces ; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the 
same to break, alter and revoke at pleasure ; and also ordain, 
esfabiish and execute 'uch hye-lawSj ordi^iances and regidadous, 
as may hs them be deemed necessary, not inconsistent with the 
constitution and la.ws of this State. 

Vacancies S^ec. II. Bd It further enacted, cy'". That when any vacancy 
shall happen, by death, lesignation, or otherwise, such vacancy 
may be [jlledby said trustees, in such manner as they may deem, 
proper, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



may hoM 
property 



rn^ V pue and 



mav have a 
common se;i 
and m;ike 
bye-iaws : 



191. A2n^ ACT to inccrporafe the Crawfordvillc academy in thf; 
county of Taliaferro, and to appoint trustees for the same- 
passed December 2G, 1826— Daw. Com. 33. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <f'C. That Ilermon Mercer, Archibald 
the'criw'^' Gresham, R. Q. Dickinson, Wyliie Womack, and Lconidas ]>. 
d'eray, nomi- Merccr, be, and they are hereby appointed, they and their suc- 
roJpomea"'ceessors in office, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, a body 
their style : corporate, by the name and under the title of " The Trustees of 

Crawfordville academy," v/ith the privilege of using a common 

seal. 



Tnt?te''f 



may use a 

conunon 

seal. 



May anpro- Sec. II Be it fuvther enacted, <^r. That the said trustees 
fSs.'^^^ and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby 
authorised and empowered to appiopriate in the manner they 
may think calculated to promote the interest of the alcresaid in- 
stitution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of liter- 
ature, all money and speciakies belonging, or in any wise apper- 
taining to the said institution. 

May maks ^S^cc. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the aforesaid trus- 
bye-iaws: ^^^^ ^^^j ^i^^^j^ succcssors in officc, or a majority of them, arc 
Proviso. hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may 
he necessary for the government of said academy : Provided^ 
That such bye-lav/s and regulations be not repugnant to the con- 
stitution and law3 of thi-^, State : and that thev be intrusted with 



ACADEMIC. 159 

all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, i,l^;,c!--;|-'? 
i^rants, privileges, and im'nunities wha^soevei-, which may beion<^ 
to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter 
bemads, conveved, or transferred to them or their successors in 
ofuce, to have and to hold the same for the use aforesaid. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, &c. That the trustees afore- ,^ 

• 1 . I • • 1- 1 11 11 ^ II May sue and 

said and their successors m <:rnce, snail, unci they are hereby de-b^suea. 
clared to be, capable of suiiici: and being sued, impleading and be- 
ing impleaded, and of using all necessary and lawful means for 
secunng and defending any property, debts, or demands whatso- 
ever, which they may claim or demand in right of said institution, 
and also of recovering the rents, iosues, and profits of the same, 
or any part or parcel thereof. 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That should any vacancy ^'^'^^^'^^ 
happen, by death, resignation, removal, of the trustees of said 
jicademy, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of their 
remaining trustees may appohit, in conformity to their bye-lavv's 
and regulations thereof. 

Sec. VI. Be it farther enacted, 4-c. That the said trustees f^^^J^^^,';^;/- 
vshall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond and ap- "^'^"^ ^^;^^JJ 
proved security to the said board of trustees lor ihe time behig, ^^fi'i ^ecurir - 
and their successors in office, in whatever amount they may 
deem advisable, for the faithful discharge [of the trust] reposed 
in him. 

Sec. VII. Be it further enacted, ^'C. That nothing in this act, j;,,^ ^^ ^j,. 
shall be construed as to dissolve the affinitive relations betv,'eenfo'.^*^f^^^r«- 
said institution and the Senatus Academicus oi this State ; but IJ^;^^^^'^,^?^^ 
the same shall be construed as amenable to, and <^n^i'led to par- and the 
licipate in all the advantages now by law derived from the same. Xcude^icas. 



192. AN ACT to appoint trustees <Df the Telfair county acade- 
my, and to incor'poiate the same — passed December 20th, 
1S23— Daw. Com. 18. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <5'C. That Nathaniel Ashley, John L. ;^™^!|,*;f^f/ 
Lamkin, John Paramore, Lewis L. Lamkhi, .John Wilcox, Red- coum* aii^ 
ding Wooten, and Duncan McRae, be, and diev are hereby ap- nHUria"nT 
pointed trustees of the Telfair county academy^ and constituted '''''''^'''^''** 
a body politic and corporate, having perpetual succession, under 
the nams and title of "The Trustees of the Telfair countv aca- their sivir , 



lOa 



ACADEMlEf=. 



demy ;" and by that name and style are hereby made able and 
I.oiSg P?o- capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and 
perty, &c. retain, to them and to their successors, lands, rents, tenements, 
goods, chatties, and effects, of what kind, nature, or quality so- 
ever ; and the same to sell, alien, demise, or dispose of, for the 
benefit of the institution intrusted to their care ; to sue and be 
sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in courts 
of record, or other places ; and also to make, have, and use a 
common seal, and the same to break, alter, and revoke at plea- 
sure ; and also to ordain, establish, and execute such bye-laws, 
ordinances, and regulations, as may by them be deemed necessa- 
ry, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. 



1 



Jttay sue and 
be sued : 



Make bye 
laws. 



May appoint *^^^- ^^' ^^ ^^ further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees 
ireasirer *" ^^ a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a Secretary 
and Treasurer, under such restrictions, obligations, and regula- 
tions, as may to them appear suitable and proper. 

^atjancies. gg^ nj jjg it further enacted, ^-c. That when any vacancy 

shall or may may happen, by death, resignation or otherwise, 

^ such vacancy may be filled by the said trustees, in such manner 

as they may deem proper, any law to the contrary notwithstandv 

inir. 



N 



Repealing 
clause. 



193. AN ACT to repeal an act, passed December the twenty- 
fourth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, to add 
the academic funds of the county of Telfair, to the poor 
school funds of said county — passed December 27tb, 1831 — 
Pamphr 9, 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^^c. That from and after the passage 
of this act, the above recited act, be, and the same is hereby re- 
pealed. 



iS^ec. If. Be it further enacted, ^c. That Thomas S. Swain^r 
Commission Lucius Church, James A. Rogers, Henry Simmons, jr. and John 
Coffee, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners of said 
acadcHfiv. 



ers appoin 
Hi. 



To Incorporate Vernon academy in Troup — ^ee 44^' 



A€ADEM1E«. Ul 



1.j4. an act to iiicorporate the Troui) county iicudemy 
passed December 26th, 1827 — Daw. Com. 42. 



'I'rns^roes m' 

COUli- 



Sec. I. Be it enacled, &c. That from and immedlfiteJy after 
the passage ol* this act, the Ti'oiip county acodeiny, be knovrnj^^'|:^!^^ 
?jid called by that name; and that Samuel Re id, Richard A. ^^'^^^"^"^^^^^^ 
Lane, Mliitfiekl H. Sleds^e, Henry Rogers, and Charles L. Ken- corporaieu, 
nan, and their successors in oiiice, be, and they are hereby de- 
clared to be-, a body politic and cor})oratc, by the name and style .^^^.^ ^^^.^ 
of "The Trustees of Troup county academy," and as such, shall 
be c*a|5abls and liable in law to sue and be i^ued, plead and be "''^y ?="« an - 
impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws audTOnymriko 
i-eiTulaiions as nray be necessary for the government of said aca-'*^*""'^^'^' 
demy : Provided, such bye-laws are not repu^^nant to the con- 
stitution and laws of this State : and for that purpose mav ha.ve.f^^>'"^<-^ 
and use a common seal, appomt such oiucers as they maytnmkamtai.pomi 
proper, and remove the same ironiofiicefbr improper conduct or^'"'"''' 
licglect of duty. 

iSec. IL Be it further tnacied. ^-c. That the said trustees m^v hoi.r 
shall be capable of accepting- and being vested widi ail manner ^'^"^"^'' 
of property, real and persojial, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
kges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said insti- 
tution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office ; to have and to hold the same 
for the proper benefit and behoof of said academy. 

See. III. Be it further en ^ded^ &c. That the ti'ustees are au-vi^uur-.c^ 
'horised to fill any vacancy that may occur, by death, lesipiation. 
:• otherwise. 



155. AN Act to incorporate and ap] joint trus! ees for the FrfinK' - 
lif\ academy m Tioup coiinty — passed December 22d, 
1830— Pampk 21. 

Sq.c.: I. Beit enacted y 4-'^. That John ('. Webb, LtDd wick Al-Tni-f.-s^^ 
ford, Jo*nn Taylor, Peter Dudley, and William Ivlaul, and their *'""^^'' 
rsuccessnrs in ulnce, be, and iheV are hereby apj)ointed trustees 
tor the Tranklin academy, in Tronj) county, on friction number 
""^o-b^audred and eighteen, in the fifth district &( Troup c<:^uut^ 



\m 



ACADExMIES. 



incoi-porated ^'ec. II. Be it fiiviher enacted, ^'C. That the said trustees 
and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared 
to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of 
their style: « 'pj^g Trustees of the Franklin academy, in Troup county," and 
may sv.e and as such shall bc Capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, 
an/ make picad and be impleaded, and shall be authorised to make such 
bye-iaws; bye-laws and regulations, as may be necessary for the govern- 
ment of said academy : Provided, such l>ye-laws are not repug- 
may appoint naut to the constitution or laws of this State, and for that pur- 
pose may have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers 
as they may think proper, and remove the same from office. 



« 



and remove 

officers 



May hold 
property. 



iSec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said trustees of 
the before mentioned academy, shall be capable of accepting and 
being invested with all manner of property, both real and per- 
sonal, all donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities what- 
soever, which may belong to the said institution, or which may 
hereafter be conveyed, or trans terred to them, or their successors 
in office, to have and to hold the same, for the proper benefit and 
behoof of said academy. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, 8ic. That when any vacancy may 
happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any one or more 
of the trustees of said academy, their survivors, or a majority of 
them shall fill such vacancy, in such manner as may be pointed 
out by the bye-laws of said academy. 



To incorporate the La Grange Female academy in Troup 
countv — See No. 43. 



190. AN ACT to appoint trustees for Twiggs county academy, 
and to incorporate the same, and for other purposes — ^passed 
4th December, 181C-— Lam. Com. 8. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, &c. That Archibald Mclntyre, Moses 
SrtonliJa. Fort, Samucl Dick, Dr. Robert Cummins, and William Crocker,. 
SdarTin.and their successors in office, be and are hereby appointed trus- 
corporated. ^ggg Qf t^^g academy of Twiggs county, to be known by the name 

and style of the Marion academy, and the said trustees be a bo- 
Thrir CO. 0- ^y politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Trustees 
ateijowe'rs. of the Marion academy," and as such shall be capable of suing 

and being sue<l and shall be capable of doing aU other acts, than 



ACADEMIES. 163 

shall or may be necessary to ibe cxeciitmg the trusts reposed in 
them, or a majority of them, and for that purpose m.ay have and 
use a common seal, and the same alter at pleasure, and appoint 
such officers as they may think proper, for the purpose of carrj'- 
ing into effect the object of said institution, and remove the same, 
or any of them, for mal|- ractice or neglect of duty. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, <vc. That the said trustees, or capawe of 
a maj ority of them, shall be capable of accepting all bequests, beqSf 
gifts and donations, v/hich have been or may be hereafter bestow- 
ed upon them as trustees ; and shall hold the same according to 
the trusts and conditions, contamed in such donation or bequest, 
and collect the same, either by suit or otherv/ise. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, <^'C. That the said trustees, ^^^j ^^^^.^^ 
or their agent or agents, shall be, and are hereby authorised, to jfj^^^^"'^- 
receive any donation or donations v/hich have been made, or here- 
after may be made, by the Legislature of this State, ior the use ll%^^\\^^^^ 
of said academy, or to purchase, at any sale or sales of confis- ^^^d pounds 
cated property of this State, the amount of one thousand pounds confiscated 
sterhng, for said county, and for the use of said academy ; and anTSV^ 
the commissioners for the selling of confiscated property, are ^^'^^^''^• 
hereby authorised to receive their bids to the above amount, or 
for any other sum not exceeding said amount, and to make suffi- 
cient titles to them or their successors in office, for the same. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, &c. * That it shall be the du- ^JiSTed to 
ty of said board, annually to account with the Inferior court of JJo^^J^^'^^"*'' 
said county for the receipts and expenditures of said institution, 
whose duty it shall be to have a record m.ade of the same : Pro- proviso. 
vided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained, shall be so 
construed to impair the powers of the board of trustees of the 
University of Georgia, or of the Senatus Acaderaicus, or of the 
board of visitors, granted them by the several acts regulating the 
University of Georgia. 

»9ec. V. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That all laws, resolutions clause' ' 
and acts, or parts thereof, militating against this act, be, and the 
same are hereby repealed. 



• Clause relatins to vacancie?, eupersc('>ed by the act of December isth, if 15. 



164 ACADEMIES. 



1 97, AN ACT to Incorporate the trustees of the Ocmulgse aca- 
demv, in the countv of Twiggs — passed December 9tfi, 
1S19— Lam. Com. 26. 

S?rauf 'S'ec. I. Be it enacted, fyc. That Benjamin Diipree, Edmunel 



>fTw0f 5^ Dupree, William W. Williamson, Henry Bann, and Robert 
h!S';'^n(f" ^^^"^> and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby de- 
inrorpora- ckrcd to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name and style 
of the trustees of the Ocmulgee academ}-, in the couny of 
Twigi^s, by which name and st} le, they shall be capable in law 
of suing- and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and they 
and their successors in office are hereby authorised to use a 
common seal. 



:>ieir corpoT' 
I'e powers. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees above- 
named, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, shal! 
be, and tliey are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and 
regulations as are necessary to the government of an academy : 
Provided, such bye-laws and regulations, are not repugnant to 
the constitution and laws of this State, and that they shall be in- 
vested with all manner of property, both real and personal, all 
donations, gifts, grants, piivileges, and immunities whatsoever, 
which may belong to the said institution at this tim.e, or which 
may hereafter be made, conveyed, or transferred to them, or their 
successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the proper 
use, benefit and behoof of the said academy. 

SvSnS ^®^- ^^^- Be it further enacted, <?'C. That scould any vacancy 
happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of the tius- 
tees of the said academy, the survivors or remaining trustees shall 
fill the same, in such manner as shall be pointed out by the bye-, 
laws of said inotituiion. 



198. AN ACT to incorporate Jefferson academy in Twiggs 
countv, and to appoint trustees for the same — passed De- 
cember ITth, 1828— Daw. Com. 54. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <?»r. That from and after the passage of 
J5fr!f.a"^ this act, there shall be established, near Rain's Store, in Twiggs 
«c-uiemy in countv, an acadcmv, to be called and known bv the name of Jef- 
c>uirt5,nom-ferson academy; and that Thomas W. Terrell, John R. Lowry, 
incorpora- James Gucrry, senT. James Willis, and John E. Dennard, and 
their successors in office, be, and thevare hereby declared to be.. 



ACADEMIES, iC? 

a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The 
Trustees of Jefferson academy;" and as snch, be capable and CrkS? '^''" 
liable in law to sue and be suet), plead and be impleaded, and ^^^^^^.^ 
shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may i^ws; ' 
be necessary for the i^overnment of said academy : Provided, Proviso 

such bye-laws are not repu.a^nant to the constitution and laws oi 

this State : and for that purpose mav have and use a common "^r a c"rn- 
seal, appomt such officers as they may thm^ proper, aud remove ana appoint 
the same from oflice for improper conduct or neglect of duty. 

Sec. II. Be :t further enarted, &r. That the said trustees shall May imw _ 
be capable of accepting and bring v-. sted with all manner of pro- ^'°^^ ^ 
pertv, real and personal, all donations, gilts, gran^^, privileges, 
and immnnilic"^ whatsoever, which m.ay belong to said institution, 
or which maj- be hereafter conveyed, appropriated, or transfer- 
red to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the 
same for the proper benetit and behoof of said academy ; and g^^y||J ^^'l'- 
they shall be entitled to an equal share of all monies heretofore, e<uKU share 
or winch may be nerealter appropnated to the academy or aca- m> fundot 
demies of said county, by the -aws of said State, appropriating 
funds for the benefit of academies. 

Sec. III. Be ?7 further enacted, t^-r. That when any vacan- 
cy ni^y happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of any of . 
the trustees of said academy, the survivors, or a majority of said 
trustees, shall till the same in such manner as shall be pointed 
pi4t by the bye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid. 



To incorporate the Stone Creek academv in TwiG:2:s — Sec 
No. 43. 



To incorporate Monaghan academy in "Warren countv — Sec 
No. 95. 



To Incorporate ^Valfon ficadem v — See N 



o M' 



186 



ACADEMIES. 



To incorporale Social Circle academy in Walton — See No. SS. 



199. AN ACT to incorporate Amsden academy, on Williams' 
Creek, in the county of Warren, and to appoint trustees for 
the same — passed December 18th, 1827 — Daw. Com. 45. 



Trustees of Sec. I. Be it cnacted, Sac. That Solomon Lockett, Thomas 
deTnyrin*"^*' Pcrsons, Joscph Hill, Henry Heath, Jethro Darden, Reuben Ro- 
county"nom- gcrs, and Edwiu Baker be, and they are hereby declared to be, 
incorporalld a body corporatc, by the name and style of "The Trustees of 
their style : the Amsden academy in Warren county ;" with the privilege of 

in3iy \iSG 3. , " I 

common usmg a common seal. 



May appro- 
priate the 



Sec. n. Be it further enacted, Sic. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised and empowered to appropiiate, in a manner 
they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the 
aforesaid institution, and to erect a suitable edifice tor the promo- 
tion oJ Literature, all monevs and specialties belonging-, or in 
any wise appertaining to said institution. 



May make 
fcye-laws. 



May hold 
proijerty. 



Sec. III. Be it further enacted, <|'C. That the aforesaid trus- 
tees, and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are 
hereby authorised and empowered to make such bye-laws and 
regulations as they, or a majority of them, may deem necessary 
for the government of said academy : Provided, such bye-laws 
and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of 
this State ; and that they be intrusted with all manner of pro- 
perty, both real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
leges, and immunities, by virtue of this act, or v/hich may here- 
after be made, conveyed, or transferred to them or their success- 
ors in office, to have and to hold the same for the use aforesaid. 



Tn sue and 
bs sued : 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, <^c. That the trustees afore- 
said, and their successors in office, shall be capable of sumg and 
being sued, plead and being impleaded, and of using all necessa- 
ry and lawful means for securing and defending the property or 
demands in right of said institution. 



Vacancies ^^^^ ^' ^^ it further enacted, &c. That should any vacancy 
happen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, in the board of trus- 
tees, the remaining trustees or a majority of them, shall fill sucli 
vacancy as they in their wisdom may think proper. 



ACADEMIES. 167 



.S'ec. VI. Be it fuHher enacted, ^^c. That the aforesaid irus- J\^,^;;[;^^er, 
tees are vested with the privilege of electin^j; a treasurer, who j;-;« ^^ 
shall give hondwith approved security to the said board of trus- a''<i security. 
lees for the, time being, and their successors in office, in whatever 
sum they may deem atlvisahle, for the faithful discharge discharge 
of the duties reposed in him. 



Sec. yil. B it further enacted, cj^c. That nothing in this act said acade- 
shall be so construed, as to dissolve the affinitive relation between bfetoVhe 
said institution and the Senatus Academicus of this State; butdemlcus. 
the same shall be construed as amenable to, and entitled to parti- 
cipate in all the advantages now by law derived from :he same. 

iS'ec. VIII. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That all laws militating Sf""' 
against the provisions of this act, be, and they are hereby re- 
pealed. 



200. AN ACT to incorporate the Locust Grove academy, iu 
Warren county, and to appoint trustees for the same — pass- 
ed December 19th, 1827— Daw. Com. 47. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <^^c. That from and immediately af- 
ter the passage of this act, the academy in the county aforesaid Trustees of 
shall be known and stjied by the name of " Locust Grove aca- crovfacade^ 
demy;" and that Ignatius Semmes, William R. Luckett, Wil-;?^-^',';^^,;^^^- 
liam Darden, Gustus Luckett, and Silvester Luctett, and their "°™inSrpo» 
successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a '^=^^^^- 
body politic and corporate, by ihe name and style of " The Trus- ^^ ^^^ ^^ 
tees of Locust Grove academy ;" and as such shall be capable ^e sued, 
and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, laws : 
and shall be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as 
may be necessary for the government of said academy : Provided, Proviso. 
such bye-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of „ 

1 • r~t ir-i 1 1 ^^^y use a, 

this State : and lor that purpose may nave and use a common common 
seal, appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove ami appoint 
the same from office for improper conduct or neglect of duty. '^^'^®''*- 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, fyc. That the said trustees May hoid 
shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner ^'*^ 
of property, real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, privi- 
leges and immunises whatsoever, which may belong to said in- 
stitution, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to 
them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same 
for the proper use, benefit and behoof of said academy. 



\m ■ ACADEMIE{i. 



\ucaiicies. 



*Sec. Hi. Be it further enacted, <5'C. That when any vacancy 
liiay Iiapptn, by death, resiirnation, or othei'wise, of any of the 
trustees of said academy, the survivors or a majority of taid 
trustees, shall hll the saine, in such manner as may be pointed 
out in the l)ye-laws and regulations of the trustees aforesaid : 
Prov'ded, That nothing in thrs act contained, shall o};erate to 
destroy, or in anywise impair, the RuperiU'endence and control 
given by law to the Senatus Academicus of the State, over pub- 
lic schools, instituted or supported by public moneys, or funds of 
the same. 



To iaccrporate the Claxton academy in "^Varren — See No. 1 W, 



201. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of the academy 
of Washington county, to dispose of certain lands-^passed 
December 3d, 1804— Clay. Com. 181. 



trf of the 

Washiueton rlomir r\f AVissl 

county aca 
Tteniy 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, tj'c. That the Commissioners of the aca- 
demy of Washington county, their successors in office, or a ma- 
to"eu' i^^'^^y ^^ them, are hereby fully empowered, to sell or otherwise. 
C«r£;iiii lauds dis])ose of, to and for the use and benefit of said academy, all 
and singular the lands or any part thereof, hei-etofore purchased 
by virtue of kw, by the commissioners of the said Seminary, at 
the sales of reverted confiscated property ; and the said commis- 
sioners in the sale, or other disposition of said land, shall do tlte 
same on the most eflicient security, and on such terms and condi- 
tions, as ma/ be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of 
the aforesaii institution. 



tOi. AN ACT to authorise the corhmisslorier!^ of" the academv 
of Washington county, to dispose of a certain lot in the 
town of vSaunderaville — passed December 13th, 18 IG— 
Lara. Com. 12. 

t\.iT.mi?sior> Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That the commissioners of tbc 
hrsr.f Whs' • academv of Washini^ton county, their successors in oiiict, or ma- 
tyacadeny lontv ot thcm, arc hereby tully empowered to sell or othenvisc 

i^iispo,.: Of dispose of, to and ior the use of said academv, a ccrtajn lot lii 



ACADEMIES. 169 

tlie town of Saimdersville, heretofore conveyed to the said com- f^^'^^^'^'^,;']J^,^, 
missioners by William Triplett, for the use and benefit of said vuie for^the 
Seminary, and the said commissioners, in the sale or other dispo- said mstim- 
sidon of said lot, shall do the same on such terms and conditions ^'^^" 
as may be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of said 
iiistitution. 



mission 



203. AN ACT to appoint commissioners for the Washingtoii 
county academy, and to make the same a body corporate — 
passed November 30th, 1S19 — Lam. Com. 24. 

*9ec. I. Be it enacted, <J-c. That Benjamin Skrine, Henry con, 
Crowell, Tilman Dixon, Morgan Brown, Frederick Cullens, John f,i|^onTounI 
Irwin, James Kendrick, Nathaniel G. Rutherford, and John g^^^f^^^^^y 
Williams, be appointed commissioners of Washington county ^^^l^^^^^^^^' 
academy, and that they, or their successors in office, be declared 
a. body corporate, to be known by the stvle and denomination of corporate 
the commissioners oi the academy oi Washington county, and 
they shall have full power and authority, under the style and 
name aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in 
any court of law in this State, and to fill all vacancies which may 
happen in their body : and they or a majority of them, are here- 
by vested with all power and pi ivileges which may be most con- 
ducive to the benefit of said institution for the promotion of Lit- 
erature. 

iS^ec. IL Be it further enacted, <^-c. That the said commis- a treasure 
sioners, or a majority of them, shall, as soon as convenient, at or }.oimX 
after their first meeting hereafter, appoint some fit and proper V>° ^^/j 
person of their own body as a treasurer, who shall enter into ^^^ sccuiitj 
bond, with good and sufficient security, in the sum of five thou- 
sand dollars, for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in 
him, whose duty it shall be to collect and take care of the funds 
of said institution, and pay them out in such a manner as he may 
be required. 

iS^cc. IIL Be it further enacted, i^^c. That the said commission- nties to tic 
ers shall, in the first instance, receive titles, in fee simple for the on ulS^. 
tract or lot of land whereon the academy shall be jjlaccd, before "lac^l^'toVi 
they shall proceed to any other contribution lor or towards ihc^'^^*"'^"*^ 
building of said academy. 

Sec. ly. Be it further enacted, 4^c. That all iuws and parts Rcpcaiir.s 
of lows, heretofore passed, contmry to this law, be and the same '^'"*^^^'" 
arc hereby repealed. 



no ACADExMIES. 



204. AN ACT to authorise the commissioners of Washington 
county academy, to raise by lottery the sum of ten thou- 
sand dollars for the promotion of said academy — passed 
December 19th, 1827—Daw. Com. 45. 

., .^ . Sec. I. Be it enacted, cf-c. That the commissioners of tlie 
ersof \^ash- Washington county academy, that is to say, Frederick Cullens, 
V;'acadc?iS'; Silas Floid, Velay S. Townslv, Franklin Rutherford, ^Viley W. 
TraS'S Cullens, John McCray, Morgan Bro^vn, Phillip T. Schley, and 
doS/"'^"" Isham H. Saffold, and their successors in office, or a majority of 
them, be, and they are hereby authorised to raise by lottery the 
sum of ten thousand dollars for the benefit of said academy. 

SstSrs ^^^' ^^- Be it further enacted, tj-c. That the aforesaid com- 
t°ndS"' missioners, or a majority of them, and their successors in office, 
[^^^Jjdjicisaidor a majority of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to 
superintend and conduct said lottery ; and the said commissioners, 
or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to divide said lotte- 
ry into as many separate schemes or drawings as in their judg- 
ment shall best promote the interest of said academy ; and all 
sums of money which shall or may be raised under or by virtue of 
ePtherJfrom this act, by Said commJssioners, after defraying the expenses of 
hoiv applied, gj^-^ lottery, shall be by said commissioners, appUed to and for 
the use of said academy, any law to the contrary notwithstand- 
10?. 



205. AN ACT to establish and fix tiie name of the Mineral 
Spring academ}^ in the county of Wayne, and to incorpo- 
rate the trustees thereof — passed December 15th, 1824 — 
Daw. Cora. 25. 

rommission- Sec. I. JBe it enacted, ^-c. That after the passing of this act, 
Mfneraf^ thc acadcmy of the county of Wayne shall be known by the 
demy^in'^'^" "^"16 of the Mineral Spring academy, and that James Fort, Ste- 
Sinated P^^n C. King, Pliny Sheffield, William Clemens, and James El- 
a^^ incorpo- vinston, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby 
declared, a body politic and corporate, by the nanae and style of 
"The Commissioners of the Mineral Spring academy;" and as 
such body ])olitic and corpoiate, shall be capable of doing all 
acts which may be necessary for the complete execution of the 
trust confided to them ; that they shall be invested with all man- 
tr'periy? Her of property, both real and personal, which shall be acquired 
'^-'^jy;^ ''"" by gift, purchi«(>, or otherwise^ for the "-« -^ -"'^ «^«;i«^^ . 



vehaliTiold 



ACADEMIES.— [adde>-j)a-. J 1^ 



sue an.\ 



shall be capable oi suing and being sued, of having and using abe^sS 
common seal. And they, the said trustees, and their successors 
in office, shall have the privilege of making their own bye-laws, ^^^j^; ^.,.^, 
and of filling all vacancies in their board, which may be occa- ^<^^^^^,j ^.^ 
sioned by death, resignation, or otherwise. cancieg. 



may u<e » 
common 



Sec. II Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said trustees ^^^j^^^.^^^ 
be authorised and empowered to receive all monies in the hands ^^■^l^^l^^l^^ 
of the justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Wayne, mcney'^frora 
paid into their hands for academy purposes in said county. c<mft.^™^ 



206. AN ACT for the appointment of three additional commis.- 
sioners to the Mineral Spring academy of Wayne county-^ 
passed December 14th, 1830 — Pamph. 12. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That immediately after the passage 
of this act, Robert Hazlehurst, and James H. Couper, and John Additional 
Willey, be, and they are hereby appointed additional commis- ^xTSvo^ 
sioners to the Mineral Sprmg academy of Wayne countj ; any^^'^' 
Jaw to the contrary notwithstanding. 



[ADDENDA.] 

207. AN ACT to enable the commissioners of the Camden* 
county academy to ascertain and collect the amount of the 
funds belonging to said institution — passed December 1 2th, 
1809-— Clay. Com. 570. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, 4'C. That the acting commissioners of frTtS^ap^-''*' 
the said academy, or a majority of them, shall meet in the townP^iJJ*^'^^*' 
of St. Mary's, on the first Saturday in January next, one or more " 
of them having given ten days previous notice by public adver- 
tisement, and proceed to appoint a treasurer, who shall not be 
one of their body, who shall dve bond and sufficient security, to^'^'o^sto 
be approved oi by a majority ot the commissioners present, to ana security, 
his Excellency the Governor of the State of Georgia, for the 
time being, and his successors in office, for the sum of six thou- 
sand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty^ 
and safe keeping and application of the funds of said academy, 
according to the direction of a majority of the acting commis- 
^f oners thereof. 



172 ACADEMIES— [addenda.] 

JKS"n Sec. II. Be it further enacted, fc. That the treasurer, when 
fSTilndl appointed and qualified as aforesaid, shall have full power and 
authorit}', to ask, demand, and receive from any former treasur- 
er, or commissioner or commissioners of said academy, the a- 
mount of any sum or sums of money, or other property, he or 
they may have in his or their possession, who shall render an ac- 
count and statement thereof upon oath or affirmation, to a ma- 
jority of the acting commissioners aforesaid, when thereunto re- 
quired ; and shall pay over the said monies or other property, to 
the said treasurer, without delay. 



coinmis^jon- 
♦Ts Ortrea- 
ri;rers, to 
forfeit doii- 



Sec. III. Be it further ena/^ted, ^-c. That any treasurer or 
commissioner, who shall neglect or refuse to account for any 
monies or other property in manner aforesaid, which he or they 
may have in their possession, he or they shall forfeit and pay, for 
the use of said academy, double the sum he or they may neglect 
or refuse to account for, as required by this act, recoverable by 
suit in any court having cognizance thereof, in the name of the 
commissioners aforesaid. 



."ommission 
♦»r3 to make 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the commissioners of 
bye-laws- ' fhe said academy of Camden count3% or a majority of them, are 
hereby autorised and empowered to make any bye-laws or re- 
gulations they may deem necessary for their own government, 
and for the benefit of said institution, not inconsistent with the 
laws and constitution of Georgia. 



208. AN ACT to remove the academy in Camden county, 
from St. Mary's to the town of Jefferson — passed Decem- 
ber, 9th, 1S19— Lam. Dig. 23. 

Ar.idomy iS'ec. I. Be it enacted, 4'^- That the commissioners of the 
movJrt to" academy in said county, or a majority of them, should they deem 
' it expedient, be fully authorised and empowered to remove the 

same from St. Mary's to the town of Jefferson. 



Jeftierson. 



Principal of Sec. II. Be it further enacted, i^c. That such part of the 
SoS'notto funds of said academy, already invested in bank stock, be in no 
be touched, ^^-g^ pesorted to by the commissioners, but that all expenses in- 
curred, shall be paid out of the interest arising from said stock, 
Twoaddi- and from any other fund belonging to said academy ; and also 
that two commissioners be, and the same are hereby added to the 
original number, and that Daniel Tompkins and Joseph Thomas, 
he appointed those commissioners. 



tional com- 
mlssioners. 



ACADEMIES— [addenda.] 1 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, c?^c. That any law or laws ^^^f^'^''- 
hcretoforc enacted, so far as they militate ai^ainst this act, he, and 
the same are hereby repealed. 



To incorporate the Lyceum academy in Carroll county — See 
-). 43. 



No. 43. 



209. AN ACT to amend and explain an act, to vest the ap- 
pointment of commissioners of academies, &c. in certain 
persons therein mentioned, passed the eighteenth December, 
eighteen hundred and sixteen — passed December 22d, 
1823— Daw. Com. 14. 



f>n. 
rs have the. 
xclusive 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, i^c. That from and after the passing of rommiss 
this act, the commissioners, &c. respectively, as mentioned in 
the above recited act, shall have the exclusive power of appoint- poinunent!^" 
ing any number of the officeis therein mentioned, that they may 
deem expedient, where the number is not defined or limited by 
law : and also the exclusive power of filling all vacancies which 
may occur among such of said officers, whose numbers are limi- 
ted by law. 

Sec. II. Beit further enacted, (^^c. That so much of the above certain ir- 
recited act as may be construed repugnant to this act, be, and {^J'S^lp!'' 
the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That all appointments ^^f^^ 
of commissioners of academies, &c. that may have been made 
by the Legislature of this State, since the passing of the act of 
the 18th of December, eighteen hundred and sixteen, entitled, an 
act to vest the appointment of commissioners of academies, &c. 
in certain persons therein mentioned, shall be and they are here- 
by declared to be valid. 



lauire 
valid. 



174 FREE SCHOOLS— [addenda.] 



210. AN ACT to remove the undisbursed funds of Smithville 
academy in Early county, to the town of Fort Gaines, in 
said county — passed December 26th, 1831 — Pamph 16. 

Funds of iS'ec. I. Bs it enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passage of 

Semy^ thls act, all the undisbursed funds of Smithville academy in the 
to't'm gSis county of Early, be, and the same are hereby withdrawn from 
jicudeii ^ gaij academ}^ and to be placed in the hands of trustees, to erect 
an academy in the town of Fort Gaines aforesaid. 

Tru<=teesa- ^^^' ^^' ^^ ^^ further eiiactcd, ^'C. That Samuel Johnson, 

pointed for Thomas B. Peterson, sen'r. Leonard P. McCulloch, Ira Cush- 

arideml^''^' man, and James Buchannan, be, and they are hereby appointed 

trustees of the academy to be erected in the town of Fort Gaines, 

as aforesaid, with full power and authority to call on the trustees 

of Smithville academy aforesaid, for all the undisbursed funds of 

said academy, and in case of refusal of the trustees of Smith- 

v.ith power villa academy, to pay over all the undisbursed funds of said aca- 

tC/fun2 demy, to the trustees of the academy to be erected in the town of 

Fort Gaines, aforesaid, they shall have full power and authority 

to recover the same in any court having jurisdiction of the same, 

anv law to the contrary not'.vithstanding-. 



S"!!. AN ACT to add and consolidate the poor school and aca- 
demical fund for the county of Bryan ; and to appoint com- 
missioners to examine the county treasury of Crawford 
county — ^passed Decem.ber 26th, 1831 — Pamph. 15. 

Sec. L Be it enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passage of 
f^m^^ffied t^is act, the fund heretofore set apart as the academy fund, for 
IchooifSnd. *^® county of Bryan, shall no longer be known as a fund for that 

purpose, but shall be attached to, and become a part of the poor 

school fund for said county. 

commission- Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That it shall be the duty of 
Icldcmy^o the commissioners of said academy, to pay over all moneys or 
mTstee of'*^ Other effects belonging to said academy, into the hands of the 
Ktfffund. sole trustee for the poor school fund of said county, and by hini 
to be applied to the education of the poor, agreeable to the law- 
made and provided for their education. 



FREE SCHOOLS-~[addenda.j 1T5 



Sec. III. Be it furiher enacted, t^-c. That the aforesaid trus-x-uj,^^,,^ •^ 
tee shall make application and receive, from time to time, anyp^jj^ 
moneys in the treasury which may be set apart for academy pur- [^^ 
poses, for the county of Bryan.* 



.'e af; 
fnn'l 
from the 
treasury. 



212. AN ACT to add that part of the funds heretofore set apart 
for the support of county academies, to the poor school 
fund, so far as respects the county of Crawford — passed 
December 27th, 1831— -Pamph. 16. 

iSec I. Be it enacted, fyc. That from and after the passage of 
this act, that part of the undrawn funds heretofore set apart for /^pa/ieray 
the support of the county academies, be added to, and become a {o\f,e^oS 
part of the poor school fund, so far as respects the county of ^^^^0°^ *^^- 
Crawford, subject in every respect to the laws now in force on 
the subject, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



213. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed the twent}-- 
third December, eighteen hundred and thirty, so far as res- 
pects the free school fund of Emanuel county — passed De- 
cember 19th, 1831— Pamph. 13. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That from and immediately after 
the passage of this act, that it shall be the duty of the agent of Eminue?* 
the free school fund of the aforesaid county, to call on all persons funV ^''JU 
indebted to said fund, to pay over twenty per cent, of the prin- _!,'J,''J'^'|^^"J|; 
cipal of what they may be indebted, v/ith interest from the first Jjjjnf'.'^jf^rc- 
Monday in March next, and annually thereafter, until the whole qmrcd'. 
of the debt is discharged, and said debtors shall give additional 
security if required by the Inferior Court. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, 4*c. That it shall be the duty of 
the said agent, to pay over the money when collected to the In- Th? monej- 
ferior Court of said county, to be by them applied to the educa- how appiiod. 
ting of the poor children of said county. 

Sec. III. Beit further enacted, <J-c. That any person wlio is 
indebted to said [fund,] shall refuse or neglect to comply withbeJmStcdi 

from person? 
' He-i of the acl rolaics to a uillciciit sui-ect. 



176 FREE SCHOOLS— [addenda.] 

c!.u!p]y: '° the above act, then, and in that case, the agent of said fund is 
hereby required to collect the amount due by such person or per- 
sons ; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 



:il4. AN ACT to alter and amend an act, passed on the twen- 
ty-second of December, one thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-eight, so far as respects the poor school fund of Ir- 
win and Telfair counties — passed December 26thj 1831 — 
Pamph. 11. 

may loaf/out ^^^- ^' ^^ *^ ciiacted, ^c. That from and after the passage 

ihc funds. Qf tjjjg act, it shall and may be lawful for the treasurer of the 

poor school fund of the counties of Irwin and Telfair, to loan 

out at the rate of eight per cent, interest, all of the money that 

he may have in possession of said poor school fund. 

JoVd^sJcuri- *^^^' ^^' -^^ ^^ further enacted, fyc. That whenever the trea- 
^y- surer shall or does loan any money aforesaid, he shall take good 

security for the same, and in case he shall fail to take good se- 
curity, he and his securities shall be held liable for the sum or 
sums so loaned. 

Jjow^jobc ^ec. III. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the treasurer shall 
loan the money in the following manner, to-wit : For the term of 
six months or more, as will best promote the public good, as in 
his discretion shall seem proper. 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, (^c. That all laws or parts 
f:S^"° of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby 
repealed. 



21o. AN ACT to authorise William Smith, trustee of the poor 
school fund of Lowndes county, to loan out the said fund, 
and to collect any and all of the said fund, that is already 
loaned out or otherwise due, on certain conditions — passed 
December 26th, 1831— Pamph. 10. 

•irusiee tnay ^^^' ^' ^^ ^^ enoctcd, tf-iC. That William Smith, trustcc of the 
i^f..""^^*'^ poor school lund of Lowndes county, be, and be is hereby au- 



FREE SCHOOLS— [addenda.] 177 

thorised to loan out all the poor school fund of said county, that 
he may have in hand, or that he may hereafter get in hand : Pro- 
vided, the person or persons borrowing said fund, shall give good ij.™^ °' 
and suilicient .-^ecuiity in small notes, due at tvtrelve months after 
date, and with interest from the time of borrowing. 

iS^ec. II. Be it further enacted S^c. That the said William Trustee to 
Smith, trustee aforesaid, be, and he is hereby authorised and funds due, 
required to collect all or any of the poor school fund that may due° 
be due at the time of the passage of this act, and also collect 
what may fall due hereafter. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said William ™7^;*^ 
Smith, trustee aforesaid, shall at all times make a shewing to the ^^^ns. 
Inferior Court of Lowndes county, whenever they shall call up- 
on him, for to make a shewing of his actings and doings as trus- 
tee of the poor school fund of Lowndes — likewise his annual re- 
ports to the Legislature through the senator from said county of 
Lo\tndes ; any law to the contrar}- notwithstanding. 



216. AN ACT to appoint trustees for the poor school lund in 
Tattnall county, and vest the funds of the Tattnall county 
academy in the same — passed December 26th, 1826 — 
Daw. Com. 33. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, Sic. That the poor school fund and The poor 
the fund set apart for academical purposes for the county of Tatt- IcadeL?"^ 
nail, oe consol'dated, and the dividends which may hereafter by ^""'^ °' "^^^^ 



nail county, 
consf'ida 
and madt 

be alLogether a poor school tund for said county. the poor 



law be ddt? the p )or school ai\d academical fund tor said county, ^nd^^ii^^J^ 



school fund. 



Sec. VI. Be It further enacted, d-c. That all laws and parts of i'^ep«^'*ns 

.... '^. , '7 . , , ^ , clause. 

«rs militatmg against the same, be, ana they are hereby re- 



law 
pealed. 



Pec, 2, 3, 4, and 5, arc superseded by the act of December 22Q, 16M. 

23 



n» FREE SCHOOLS— [addekoa.J 



217. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act to appoint tins- 
tees for the poor school in Taitnall county, and vest the 
funds of the Tattnall county academy in the same — passed 
December 18th, 1827— Daw. Com. 44. 

Trustees of '^^^' ^' "^^ ^'^ euacted, 4*^- That from and after the pas- 
-'hi>Tfwid ^^o^ ^^ *^^^ ^^^' ^* ^^^^^ ^^ allowed to the trustees of the poor 
i.f Tattnall school fuud in the county of Tattnall, to judge of all children 
Judge^onho who may be presented, whether they may be entitled to the ben- 
orchSn? efits of said fund, ^vithout reference to the amount oi tax which 
ferencf to^" thc parcnts of such children may pay. 

the lax paid 
by tkeir pa- 
rents. ^ ^ gg^j ji^ ^g it further enacted, 4'C. That it shall be the duty 
tolipp^ia of the trustees of the poor school fund in the county of Tatt- 
I^Sfoap- nail, to appoint a teacher in each Captain's district in said coun- 
laiiis aisirict ^^ ^^^ ^^ J^j| g^^j^ vacancics as may occur by death, resignation 
or otherwise. 

Repealing Scc. III. Be it further enacted, &c. That all laws and parts 
^^use. j^^^g niilitating against the same, be, and they are hereby re- 
T)ealeiL 



n 



UXIVERSITlT 



518. AN ACT for laying out two more counties to the westward, 
and pointing out the mode of granting the same — passed 
February 25th, 1784— Craw. & Mar. 330. ^ 

Sec. XI. Be it further enacted, kc. That the county survey- 
ors, immediately after the passing of this act, shall proceed to 20 wo arr^-? 
lay out in each county, f twenty thousand acres of land of thcLnd wS." 
first quality, in separate tracts of five thousand acres each, for^ff"^as'en-'* 
the endowment of a college, or seminary of learning, and which forTconeV- 
said lands shall be vested in, and granted in trust to his honor the 
governor for the time being. And John Houston, James Hab- 
ersham, William Few, Josej^h Clay, Abraham Baldwin, William 
Houston, and Nathan Brownson, Esq'rs. and their successors ^ 
in office, who are hereby nominated and appointed trustees for 
the said college or seminary of learning, and empowered to do all 
such things as to them shall appear requisite and necessary, to for- 
ward the establishment and progress of the same :j: And the said 
county surveyors shall, in six months after the passing of this 
act, make return to the trustees herein before mentioned, of re- 
gular plats of all such tracts, as he shall have layed out and sui- 
vcvcd, by virtue of this act. 



TruFtees arv 

oiuied. 



-219. AN ACT for the more full and complete establishment 01' 
a public scat of learning in this State — passed January 27th, 
1785— Craw. & Mar. 5C0. 

As it is the distinguished happiness of free governments, that 
civil order should be the result of choice, and not necessity, and 
the common wishes of the people become the laws of the land, 
their public prosperity, and even existence, very much depends 
upon suitably forming the minds and morals of their citizens. 
When the minds of the people in general, are viciously disposed 
and unprincipled, and their conduct disorderly, a free govern- 
ment will be attended with greater confusions, and evils more 
horrid, than the wild uncultivated state of nature : It can onlv 



The other parts of this «ct fl© not relate to education. 

Franklin and Wa. shiugtuu. 

A cidU^f lV>r filling vacaurieF. i? ^wprr^'^Hp.i. 



ISO UNIVERSITV. 

be happy, where the public opinions and principles are properly 
directed, and their manners regulated. This is an influence be- 
yond the sketch of laws and punishments, and can be claimed 
only by religion and education. It should therefore be among 
ihe list objects of those who wish well to the national prcsperi- 
t}, i.<. encourage and support the principles of religion and mor- 
alit}^, and early to place the youth under the forming hand of so- 
ciety, that by instruction they may be moulded to the love of vir- 
tue and good order. Sending them abroad to other countries for 
their education will not answer these purposes, is too humiliating 
an acknowledgment of the ignorance or iLferiority of our own, 
and will always be the cause of so great foreign attachments, that 
upon principles of policy it is inodmissible. 

This country, in the times of our common danger and distress, 
found security in the principles and abilities which wise regula- 
tions had before established in the minds of our countrymen ; 
that our present happiness, joined to the pleasing prospects, should 
conspire to make us feel ourselves under the strongest obliga- 
tion to form the youth, the rising hope of our land, to render the 
like glorious and essential services to our country 

And whereas, for the great purpose of internal education, di- 
vers allotments of land have at different times been made, parti- 
cularly at their sessions in July, one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-three,! and February one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-four, all of which may be comprehended and made the 
basis of one general and complete establishment : Therefore, 
the representatives of the freemen of the State of Georgia, in 
(jreneral Assembly met, this twenty-seventjh day of January, in 
the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
live, enact, ordain, and declare, and by these presents it is enac- 
ted, ordained and declared: 



rors to be 
coastitutec! 



TJnard of 
trustees ap 
poimou. 



Board of Tisi- ^cc. I. That the general superintendence and regulation of 
the literature of this State, and in particular of tlie public seat of 
learning, shall be committed and entrusted to one board, denom- 
inated, "The Board of Visitors,"* hereby vested with all pow- 
ers of visitation, to see that the intent of this institution is carried 
into effect : and John Houston, James Habersham, William Few, 
Joseph Clay, Abraliam Baldwin, William Houston, ISathan 
Brownson, John Habersham, Abiel Holme-, Jenkins Davis, 
lliv^h Lawson, William Glascock, and Benjamin Taiip.ferro, Esq. 
who shall compose another board, denominatcrd, -'The Board of 
Trustees." These two boards united, or a majority of eat'h of 
them, shall compose the Senatus Academicus of the University 



The two 
boards to 
riuistitute 
thtt Seuatns 
Acadeaiicus. 



of Georiria. 



wrSd ^^^' ^^' ^^^ statutes, laws, and ordinances, for the govern- 
by the two ment of the University, shall be made and enacted, by the two 

l^oa.rds, and •" 'J 



■• The board of visitors defined by the act of December, 18U. 

^ The act of l'H3. ref'^nrd. cannot be fonnii in the imnt.jil laws or archives. 



UNIVERSITY. 181 

boards united, or a majority of each of them, subject always tOb&/oreihe 
belaid before the General Assembly, as often as required, and sembly.^ '^^' 
to be repealed or disallowed, as the General Assembly shall think 
proper. 

Sec. III. Property vested in the University shall never be fJ^e^JfverL 
sold without the joint concurrence of the two boards, and by an ^-^-^fg"^^' ^^^* 
act of the legislature ; but the leasin^:, farming, and managing of 
the propert} of the Unive-si»^\, fo}' its constant support, ^hall be 'Jj^^^^jy^"; 
the business of the board of trustees ; for this purpose they are 
hereby constituted a body corporate and poliiic, by ihe name 
of "the Trustees of the University of Georgia ;" by which ^^^^'^ ^^-^^^ • 
they shall have perpetual succession, and sbai! and may be a^^ay sueand 
person in law, capable to pjead and be impleaded, defend and be*'^''"^'^= 
defended, answer and be answered unto, also, to have, take, pos- ^^^ j^^^^ 
sess, acquire, purchase, or otherwise receive, lands, tenements, pi-^'peri> j 
here 'itatnenls, goods, cha.tles, or other estates, and the same to 
lease, use, manage or improve, fur the good and benefit of said 
University ; and all property given or granted to or by the gov- 
ernment of this Scate, lor the advancement of learning in gener- 
al, is hereby vested in such trustees in trust as herein described. 

Sec. IV. As the appointment of a person to be the president President, 
and head of f he University is one of the fiis. and mo-t iniportant ted ..nfi re- 






moved. 



concerns on which its respect andusefulnr •-. greatly depend, the 
board of trustees shall first examine and nominate ; but the ap- 
poiniment of the president shall be by the two boards jointly, who 
shall also have the pcwer of removing him from office, for mis- 
demeanor, unfaithfulness, or incapacity. 

Sec. V. There shall be a stated annual meetinsr of the Senatus senatus 
Acad micus, at the University, or at any other place or time to to meftan- 
be appointed by themsf^lves, at which the governor of the State corris'toTe 
shall preside : their records to be kept by the secretary of the soc?efar?of 

University. theUuiver.l 

Sec. VI. As the affairs and business of the University may Sel^i)™'*'- 
make more frequent meetins-s of the trustees necessary, the pre-J."jiS|^^"" 
sident and two of the members are empowered to appoint a meet- 
ing of the board, notice always to be given to the rest, or letters 
left at the usual places of their abode, at lea^* fourteen days be- 
fore iht" said mee-'ng.* In case of the deaih, absence, or inca- 
pacity of the pre-ident, -'he senior truttee shall preside : the ma- 
jority of the memb'TS present shall be considered as a vote of 
the whole ; and where the memlx rs ar.^ divided, the president 
shall have a cas'ing vote : Provided always, That nothing done 
at th^se special meetings shall have any force or efficacy, after 
the rising of the then next annual meeting of the trustees. 



A cl:iuse respcclins a quorum, .superseded by the act of «lst December, iSTSo. 



1S> UNIVERSITY. 

Appohit- cjf.f> vij; *The trustees shall have the power of appointhij^ 

<-fc«. professors, tutors, secretary, treasurers, stewards, or any other 

cfficers which they may think necessary, and the same to discon- 

thiue, or remove, as they may think fit. 

shall reg^a- gp(> VIII. The trustces shall prescribe the course of public 
course of studics, appoint the salaries of the different ofljcers, form, and 
Ixth^saia- usc a publlc seal, adjust and determine the expenses, and adopt 
pubiiSeaif such regulations, not otherwise provided for, which the good of 
nlSe thTex- the University may render necessary. 

peases. 



Officers to be Scc. IX. All officers appointed to the instruction and govern- 
tLnroSiion, ment of the University, shall be of the christian religion ; and 
c^t-aikSuis within three months after they enter upon the execution of their 

trus^, shall pubhclv take the oath of ailcgianre and fidelity, and 

the oaths of offire prescribed in the statutes of the University ; 

the president, before the governor ; and all other officers before 

the president of the University. 



PrT)r,eny 



vSec. X. t All lands and other property of the University, is 



freetroiu hereby exem|-ted from taxation. 



tax. 



Religions Sec. XI. The trustees shall not exclude any person of any 

fo'exciudL^ religious denomination v/liatever, from free and equal hberty and 

no student, advantages of education, or from any of the liberties, privileges, 

and immunities of the University, in his education, on account of 

his, her, or their speculative sentiments in religion, or being of a 

different religious profession. 

President Scc. XII. The president of the University, with the consent 
™-ees."Sid of the trustees, shall have power to give and confer all honors, 
t ae^mm-^ degrees, and licenses, as are usually conferred in colleges or uni- 
versities, and shall always preside at the meeting of the trustees, 
and at all the pubhc exercises of the University. 



3 

inss of the 
Ijoard, &c. 



.sonatiisAra- Scc. XIII. The Scnatus Academicus, at their stated annual 
sujerimeivi meedngs, shall consult and advise, not only upon the affairs of 
S-ui* sta'ie^ the University, but also to remedy the defects, and advance the 
interests of literature through the State in general. For this 
purpose it shall be the business of the members, previous to their 
meeting, to obtain an acquaintance with the state and regulations 
of the schools and places of education in their respective coun- 
ties, that they may be thus possessed of the v/hole, and have it 
lie before them for their mutual assistance and deliberation 
Upon this information they shall recommend what kind of schools 
and academies shall be instituted, agreeably to tbe constitution, 
in the several parts of this State, and prescribe what branches of 
instruction shall be taught and inculcated in each. They shall 



• A clause relative to vacancies, siiper.=eded by the net of December loth. 1«17. 

* A cUxise reUtive to exemption from military duty, .superseded by the militia law ef ISIS 



UNIVERSITY. 163 

also examine, and recommend the instructors to be employed in 
them, or appoint persons for that purpose. The president of the 
University, as often as the duties of his station will permit, and 
some of the members at least once in a year, shall visit them, and 
examine into their order and performances. 

Sec. XIV. All pubUc schools instituted or to be supported by ah pubuc 
funds or public moneys in this State, shall be considered as parts be'pnrtVof 
or members of the University, and shall be under the foregoing ;*!f ^'°''''^^''' 
directions and regulations. 

Sec. XV. Whatsoever public measures are necessary to beTm^'^/*^ 
adopted for accomplishing these great and important designs, the cornmenaa- 
trustees shall from time to time represent and lay before the gen- leSaiure^ 
eral assembly. 

Sec. XVI. All laws and ordinances heretofore passed in any J^^Ptg^'^^ 
wise contrary to the true intent and meaning of the premises, 
are hereby repealed, and declared to be null and void. 



220. AN ACT to authorise the Board of Trustees of the Uni- 
versity of Georgia, to sell a certain tract of land of five 
thousand thousand acres, in the county of Hancock, belong- 
ing to the said University, together with such lots and other 
lands adjoining the town of Athens, as they may think pro- 
per, except thirtv-seven acres, reserved for the college vard — 
passed December 10th, 1803~Clay. Com. 142. 

Sec. r. Be it enacted, (^-c. That the trustees of the Univcr- Tm£tee= «l 
sity of Georgia, be, and they are hereby authorised and empow- eciPc'en^n 
ered to sell and dispose of, in such manner as they may deem ^''"*^'^' 
most for the benefit of the institution, the tract of land belonging 
to the said University, situate in the county of Hancock, and to 
appropriate the moneys arising from the sale, in such manner as 
in their judgment will most advance the beneficial purposes of the 
said University, and that they also have full power and authority 
to sell and dispose of, in like manner, and for the same purpose, 
all such lots and land, situate in, and adj oining the site of the 
University, as they think proper, reserving nevertheless, the quan-. 
rity of thirty-seven acres of land for the college yard. 



184 UiNIVERSITY. 



221. AN A.CT to revise and amend an act for the more full and 
complete eslabli^.hmenr of a public seat oi learning in this 
State, passed the 27th January, 1785 — passed December 
ICth, 181l--Lam. Com. 1055.* 

Sec. II. Be it further ena.ted, ^c. That Peter Early, Ed- 
T'rjsteesap- ward Paiuc, Stephen Upson, John Grithn, and William H. Craw- 
ford, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of said Univer- 
sity. 

Board of^vi- ^g^. III. Be it further enacted, <J'C. That the governor for 
constituted, the time being, the President of the Senate, the Speakei of the 
House of Representatives, together wiih the senators from each 
county, except from the county in which the speaker may reside, 
shall constitute the board of visitors, who, together with the 
board of trustees, shall cmstitute and form the Senatus Academi- 
cus, whose powers and duties shall remain, as defined by this 
act, and the before recited acts, where they do not militate with 
this act. 



Sec, IV. Beit further enacted^ &c. That the duties of secretary 

fretS/ind'and treasurer of the board of trustees, shall be done and per- 

unued!'^"^ formed by one and the same person, who shall be appointed by 

the board of trustees ; he shall reside, or keep his office at the 

University, and shall be compensated for his services annually, 

by said board of trustees, f 

Annual meet ^^^- ^' ^^ it fuvthev euacted, <J-c. That the Senatus Aca- 
ing of the demicus shall meet at Milledsreville, annually, on the second Mon- 
demicus. day in November, before whom the board of trustees shall lay 
all their proceedings relative to the said University, together with 
a true statement of their receipts and expenditure s, which shall 
also contain the number of students, their names, their dit^'eient 
studies, and the amount oi luitK n money, and said proceedings 
and statements shall be, by the fcenatus Academicus laid before 
the General Assembly. | 

Examination Sec. VII. B H further enacted, <J«c That the examination of 
re^Sd?^ the students of College, for degiets, shall be conducted b) three 
of the trustees, with the assistance of the president and proiies- 
sors, or by three persons chosen by said trustees, who are con- 
sidered by them to be qualified to examine ; and that no studen 
shall be suffered to graduate without the assent of two-thirds ot 
said examiners. 



• Sec. 1, repealed by the- act of the I8th December, Wi6. 

* Latter part of the 4th sec. repealed by the act of December 18th, 181 &. 
1 .-J<?<^ € repealed bi' the act of December I8th, 1816. 



il22. AK act to appropriate moneys for the political year, 
eighteen hundred and three — passed November 27, 1802 — 
Clay. Dig. 79. * 

Sec. in. Be it further enacted, <5'C. That the sum of five soo* <u:!si-< 
thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, as a univwiS!'' 
loan to the trustees of the University, in aid of the funds of the 
said institution, for erecting the collegiate buildings, the said trus- 
tees first giving bond with security to be approved by his Excel- 
lency the Governor, to return the said sam of money into the 
public treasury, within five years, with lawful interest thereon : 
Provided, That the trustees of the said University shall previous ^^.^^^^f.. 
to their receiving the said m.oney, or any part thereof, cause to 
be deposited in the Executive Office, a full, complete, and un- 
conditional relinqaishment from Daniel Easley, of all claims or 
title whatever, to the lands conveyed by him to John Milledge, 
Esq. for the use and benefit of the University of this State, agahist 
him, the said Daniel Easley, his heirs, executors, and adminis- 
trators forever. 



22$. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the University oi 
Georgia, to sell the lands belonging to said University, and 
to systematize the funds belonging thereto — passed Decem- 
ber 1 6th, 1815 — Lam. Com. 1,058. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <{-c. That the se\'^ral tracts of land, that 
IS to say, the tract of land in the county of Greene, known ^^y rruuf^ei^ a^:-. 
the name of the Richland Creek tract ; the two tracts in tlie "ea^Jfe'^^J-nf. 
county of Oglethorpe, knov/n by the names of the Fishing and ^^rsity lands 
Falling Creek tracts ; the tract of land in the county of Clarke, 
known by the name of the Sandy Creek tract ; and the tract 
in the county of Franklin, known by the name of the Shoal 
Creek tract, belonging to the Univeisity of Georgia, may 
be sold by the trustees of said University, and they aio 
hereby permitted and a\ithorized to sell the same, in such 
manner, and upon such terms, as they, or a majority of them, i^odc of saicir 
may deem most conducive to the in! orest of the said University, 
and the most advantageous disposition of said lands : Provided 
nevertheless, That said lands shall be sold by lots of one hundred 
acres each, at public outcry, and to the highest bidder. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the proceeds of the I'^'w appiu^^ 
sale of said lands, shall in no manner or wise be used by said 
trustees, to pay off debts, or to make any purcliascs, except as 



relate to cJucatiOii. 

2f 



take up 



tiock. 



hereinafter directed, but shall be by them reserved ibr the pur- 
pose of being vested in some profitable stock for the use of the 
University, 

The bonds '^^c. III. Be it further enacted, ^'C That if the said trus- 
1^5 maf be' tees should dispose of the lands aforesaid, upon a credit, the 
picgert to the bonds "iven by the purchasers for the same, shall be secured by 

povernmenl O J l i • i i i / 

on which a g'ood persoHal sccunty, tog-etlier with a mortgage upon the lands 
shall issue ; SO purchascd ; and the said bonds and raorta:a"X'S,, when coilec- 

tr. tnV-(» 1111 11111 Til 1 • 1 11 • • r> 

ted, 'h?J.l be apphed hy the said trustees to the siibscriptior: lor 
stock in any banks nov/ in this State, in case further subscrip- 
tions should by them be opened, or any bank which may hereaf- 
ter be established by the State, or the United States ; if any sub- 
scription should be opened by any of the banks aforesaid, at a 
time when the said bonds or miortgagcs should be uncollected, 
or not due, and a failure to obtain stock on that account would 
ensue, the trustees of said University, by depositing the wliole 
amount , of said bonds and mortgages in the treasury of this State, 
and producing to his E.xcellency the Governor, tlie treasurer's 
certificate of the same, shall obtain from the Governor a war- 
rant on the treasury, for whatever sum not exceeding two-thirds 
of the amount of said bonds and mortgages, that may be neces- 
sary for subscribing for such number of shares, as the proceeds 
of said bonds, if collected, would authorise them to subscribe for : 
Provided always, That the Governor shall direct the collection of 
the said bonds and mortgages, as they becomo due, and the pihi- 
cipal and interest thereof shall be paid into the treasury of this 
State, as a reimbursement for the advance made by the State 
to the said trustees. 



not to 
yold, but the 
dividends to 
be used. 



Ti.r.stod: /S'ec. IV. Beit further enacted, c^-c. That the said trustees 
shall never dispose of the stock by them subscribed for 'as afore- 
said, unless by the consent of the Legislature of Georgia, or 
make use of it in any manner whatever ; but the proceeds or 
dividends therefrom shall be drawn by them, and used in sucli 
manner as the various demands and necessities of the said Uni- 
versity may require, and as will be most likely to ensure the ob- 
jects of its establishment. 



AJditionrvl 



,^ ^^. Sec. V. Be it further enacted, &ic. That David B. Mitchell, 

pointed^ ''^" Thomas U. P. Charlton, the reverend Henry Koilock, James ^J. 
Wayne, Nicholas Ware, John A. Cuthbert, Augustin S. Clayton, 
James Merriwether, John Elliott, and George M. Troup, be, 
^nd they are hereby appointed additional trustees to the Univer- 
sity aforesaid. ^ 



*Sec. VI. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That it shall and may be 
mail lawful for said board of trustees disp use with the services of 
lllresT'"'''' such of its officcrs, or make such reductions in the fees or sala- 



Tru>tccf? 



may cur 



• I.attor part of fliir, section, siipersedmi by the act of DocPinber 2lst, IS-"?". 



VNIVERSITV. IS 



not to re- 
ceive com- 



rles of officers, as will enable them v:\th the funds of the mstitu- ,,,,,^ ^.„,,, 
tion to meet their disbursements, nor shall any salary or compen- ForYhelrbet. 
sation be allowed said trustees, or any of them, for theh'or any of ^i«j:. 
their sen-ices. 



22-1. AN ACT to amend an act enthled an act, to authorise the 
trustees of the University of Georgia, to sell the lands be- 
long to said University, and to systematize the funds be- 
longing thereto, passed the 16th December, 1815, and to 
amend the several acts heretofore passed, for the more full 
and complete establishment of a public seat of learning in 
this State— passed December 18th, ISIG — Lam. Com. 1060. 

Pales !K)t in. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, <?-c. That all sales of land heretofore S^s^^ij?" 
made, or hereafter to be made, by the trustees of said Universit}'^ ^*^'^- 
shall be vahd to all mtents and purposes, notwithstanding the 
same may have been, or hereafter may be sold in lots over and 
above, or under one hundred acres each, any thing m the above 
recited act to the contrary notwithstanding. * 

Trustees 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, cf-c That in all cases where »^'i^»;;i^^-^:- 
the trustees of the University have sold any lot or lots of land, 
to which, or any part of which, there is an adverse claim, which 
claim has been, or may hereafter be determined, either by suit or 
arbitration, against the title derived from the trustees, it shall and 
may be lawlul for said trustees to adjust all matters with the per- 
son to whom they have sold, either by giving credit on the bond 
given for the purchase money, or by releasing the purchaser al- 
together from his contract, said purchaser at the same time re- 
linquishing to them all claim or title to any part which may not 
be included within such adverse claim as aforesaid. 

Trustees 

Sec. lY. Beit further enacted, cj-c. That in case the office ofaTrreS!"' 
president of the University shall at any time be vacant durmg the ''^"^ ^cmroit. 
recess of the Senatus Academicus, it shall and may be lawful 
for thfi board of trustees to appoint a president pro tempore, who 
shall continue m otfice until the next meeting of the Senatus 
Academicus ; and in all such cases it shall be the duty of the 
prudential committee, if there be one, or of the senior trustee, 
if there be no prudential committee, to convene the board. 

Loan antiio- 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That his Excellency the SnTl '^* 
Governor, be, and he is hereby authorised and directed to a^, °"' '^^^'^^^• 

' Sec. 2, rercals some previous enactincnis nol inserted in lioidiscs;. 



ISd UMVERSITY. 

raiice to the board of trustees, upon the credit of the bonds and 
mortgages, upon the sale of Universit}^ land>, deposited in the 
treasurer's office, any sum not exceeding ten thousand dollarp, it 
the necessities or exigencies of the University should lequire sucli 
advance. 



A aebt of 



Sec. VI. Be it further e)iadedy fyc. That the state treasury 

5,000 douars, shall be reimbursed the sum of five thousand dollars, together 

jo.ooo dollars with lawful interest, out of the proceeds of the bonds and mort- 

oatoA^he gages aforesaid; which sum was in November, 1802, in the act 

theSis*^^ entitled an act, to appropriate moneys for the political year 1803, 

undraortga- appropriated as a loan to the trustees of ^.he University ; and 

that the aforesaid sum of ten thousand dollars herein directed to 

be advanced, shall be also repaid at the State treasury, out of the 

proceeds of said bonds and mortgages. 

Repeaiin" ^^^* ^^^- ^^ ^^ further enacted^ 4'^- That all laws or parts 
KimiQ-. " of laws that militate against this act, be and the same are hereby 
repealed. 



225. AN ACT to establish the mode of supplying vacancies 
in the board of trustees of the University of Georgia, and 
to add two additional members to the board already appoin- 
ted — passed December 10th, 1817 — Lam. Com. 1061. 

Sec I. Be if: enacted, ^-c. That from and after the passage of 
Sy mfva this act, the trustees of the said University of Georgia, are au- 
/•ancjes : thoriscd and empowered to fill all such vacancy or vacancies that 
may at present exist in said board of trustees, or that may here- 
after exist or become vacant, by the appointment of such person 
or persons as the said board of trustees may think proper : Pro- 
vided, the said board of trustees shall notify the Senatus Aca- 
vcd wh?" <^emlcus, at each annual meeting, of such appointment, or ap- 
senatusAca Dointments, so bv them made : And Provided also. That said 

acmicus. fl » t • in .1 

Senatus Acadenucus shall approve the same. 



Additional *S*ec. II. Be it further enacted, cj-c. That Duncan G. Camp- 
pSS!*^' bell and Edv/ard Harden, be, and they are hereby appointed 
trustees of the University of Georgia, in addition to the number 
heretofore appointed, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, 



tJXIvERSITV. 1S9 



22G. AN ACT to provide for the permanent endowment ol the 
University ; and to appropriate moneys for the erection of 
anew collegiate edifice at Athens — passed December 21st, 
1821— Daw. Com. 487. 

>Sec. I. Beit enacted, ^c. That the permanent endowment The pema* 
of the University, shall consist of a sum not less than eight thou- mem.io be 
sand dollars per annum : and that when it shall so happen, that i4is : if'th© 
the dividends furnished by the bank ^tock granted to the Univer- SSsS 
sity, shall not be equal to the sum aforesaid, the trea^-urer of this SSureno 
State is required to make up the deficiency semi-annually, out of gcrency.*^^ 
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

,Sec. II Be it further enacted, ^c. That the trustees of Frank- J,i«J™';^|f^ 
lin College, be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to r^J^n j'^om 
collect and retain the sum of ten thousand dollars, from the ^"^'^f^'^fj^Se^Jr' 
arising from the sale of fractional surveys, previous to the year fractions. 
eighteen hundred and twenty one : and for this purpose, the go- 
vernor, treasurer, and solicitor general of the Ocinulgee circuit, 
are required to afford all the information and aid in their power, 
to such agent or attorney, as the said trustees may appoint. 

Sec. HI. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the treasurer of this The state 
State, be, and he is hereby required to pay to the treasurer of the STtVthe'^ 
University, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, out of the first SJieSr^ 
moneys which may be paid into the treasury, for and on account '*new S° 
of the purchases made at the sale of the University lands ; which ^^sc edifice. 
said two sums last mentioned, shall be applied, under the direc- 
tion of said trustees, to the building of a new collegiate edifice at 
Athens. 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That alllaws and parts of Repeaim- 
laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby re-'^^'*'^^^ 
pealed. t^ ^ 



227. AN ACT explanatory of an act passed on the 21st De- 
cember, eighteen hundn-d and Jw^^nty-one, providing for the 
permanent endowment of the University, and appropriating 
moneys for the erection of a new collegiate edifice at 
Athens — passed December 19th, 1822 — Daw. Com. 12. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, ^c. That the before recited act be so JJ.'JiVve "„*• 
construed, as to authorise the trustees of the University to ask o"*! <i<»'»"'<'<' 
and receive anv sum or sums of mone^ which may have been ivom'the »aie 

*^ •' of fracUons. 



190 UNIVERSITY. 

collected since the ]3assage of said act, not exceeding ten thou- 
sand dollars, from the fund arising from the sale of fractional sur- 
veys previous to one thousand eight hundred and tv\'ent3-one. 

The cvem *^^^' ^^' -^^ ^^ /^^^^^^^ ^'^^^^^^^^j <?'^- That the govcrnor, be, and 
or to issue hc is hereby authorised and required to issue his warrant on the 
therefor, or trcasury for said collections, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, 
to^pay'over if the samc liave been paid into the treasury ; and if not, the so- 
tuu fcuiue. iif^i^QY genera) of the Ocmulgee circuit, is directed to pay to the 
said trustees, any collection- made by him, and now in his hands, 
not exceeding the amount appropriated from said fund by the be- 
fore recited act. 



228. AN ACT to vacate the seats of members of the board of 
trustees of the University of Georgia, in certain cases — - 
passed December 17th, 1823— Daw% Com. 488. 

iSec. I. Be it enacted, <^c. That from and after the passing of 
f.S hmvS-- ^^^^ *^*» ^^ ^^^y i^GJ^ber of the board of trustees of the Universi- 
ioitea. * ty of Georgia, being within the slate, shall fail to attend at any 
two successive stated naeetings of the board, his seat as a mem- 
ber thereof, shall become thereb^^^ vacant, unless he render an 
excuse, the sufficiency whereof shall be determined by the board. 



229. AtJ act to appoint eleven additional trustees of the Uni- 
versity of Georgia, and to pi'ovide a permanent additional 
fund for the support of the same, and to declare the number 
of trustees which shall be necessary to form a board, and to 
authorise a loan of ten thousand dollars to the board of trus- 
tees of said University* — passed December 21stj 1830 — 
Pamph. of 1830, p. 4. 

The board to Scc. I. Bc it enacted, <S^c. That from and after the passing of 
iwS- ciW ^^^^ ^^*> *^^^ board of trustees of the University of Georgia, shall 
trustees. cousist of the number of ^-wenty-eighi, and that fhe ibiiowing 
Additional persons, tp-wit : Thomas W. Murray, Angus xVl. D. King, James 
trustees sp. Q Watson, Zachariah Williams, David A, Reese, Dapiei Hook, 



"WJiat relates to the ducation of poor children, is repealed by the act of December «eth, issi. 



i 



UNIVERSITY. 1^1 

Jacob Vv'ooJ, Wilson I.umpkin, Howell Cobb, Steplicns Tho- 
mas, and James Tinsley, be, and thi'y are hereby appointed trus- 
tees of the same, in addition to the number at present constitu- 
tin2: the said board. 



Sec. II. i?c it farther enacted, cj^r. That the sum of six thou-c.' 



MO(!o"ar 



sand dollars, be, and the same is here hy annually appropriated !()anKfy'to 
the University of G^^orgia, as a fund for the use of said instituti(m, [J-^ ^"'^"''' 
for the purpose of enabling the board of trustees to n^build the 
college edlHce, and replace the library and instruments which 
were destroyed by the late fire at Athens, and for the purpose of 
defraying the annual expenses of said college. 

^S'ec. III. Be it fyrlhcr enacted, tj-r That the said sum shall X.'J/^'S 
and may be drawn from the Central Bank, from the interest ac- f>,1?ra*i* 
cruing upon the capital of the stock of said bank, bv the tn-a- ^^^'^'^j';;'^J'^'^ 
surer of the board of trustees, by producing:; to the said bank, j^'i'3.o(wdoi- 
the resolution of the board to that eifect, which said sum shall be rfn^wn on^ 
drawn in the following manner, to-wit : The sum of three tliou- vtmh<ran' 
sand dollars, on the first day of May, and the sum of three thou-""' ' 
Sa'id dollars, on the first day of November, annually, and every 
year, unnl this act shall be repealed.* 

Sec. V. Be it further cnarfed, (^v. That a majority of all the Am\=or:tyor 
members constituting the board n" tni-^tces of said college, shall birl'To Ton""' 
be requisite to form a quorum competent to the transaction ofquorSri! 
the business of said board of trustees. 

^^ec. VI. Be it further enacted, iS-c. That the sum of ten thou- icoo^woibr^ 

1111 I 11 -ii • 1 1 loaned to ih'i 

sand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, as a loan to tniversu> : 
the trustees of the University, for the purpose of rebuilding the 
college ediOcc, and replacing the library and instruments, which 
were lately consumed b) lire, the said sum to be returned by said 
trustees, so soon as they may be in I'unds from the annual appro- 
priation, provided for by the third section of this net, and the to^e.iKiv^r- 
])resident and directors ol the Central Hank are hereby autho- rim^Ii ^''"^ 
rised and required to deliver the said sum of ten thousand dollars ■^"'^ 
to the treasurer of the boanl of trustees, at any time after the" 
passing of this act, and take his receipt for the same, specifying 
that the same is received as a loan. 

Sec. VII. Be H further enacted, ^c. That all laws and parts of J|;pjj'*"S 
laws which militate against this act, be, and the same are hereby*"" 
repealed. 



* A section in relation to ihe education of indigent youth, repealed \>y the act Of 26lh Dec. 1831. 



3IISCELI.ANEOIJSV 



230. AN ACT to authorise the trustees of the Orphan House 
or Bethesda College, in the county of Chatham, to sell cer- 
tain unproductive lands, and to reduce the number of trus* 
tees of the said institution — passed December Sd, 1804 — • 
Clay. Com. 183. 

Sec. I. Beit enacted, S/c. That it shall and may be lawful to., 
Sihroi^^^ and for the trustees of the said orphan house or college, or a 
S'SSE "^^j^^i^y ^^ them, to sell and dispose of, at public or private sale, 
luthoTised ' the following tracts of land, (that is to say) one thousand acres 
T^in'tracSofin the former parish of St. Patrick, now county of Glynn, situ- 
ate and being on the south branch, of Turtle river, bounded at 
the time of survey, on all sides by vacant lands, also five hund- 
red acres, in the former parish of St. David, now county of 
Glynn, bounded to the North-east by the Alatamaha river, to the 
North by a Carolina survey for Henry Lawrens, and on eve- 
ry other side by vacant land, and also five hundred acres in the 
same parish of St. David, and county of Glynn, bounded East- 
wardly by the Alatamaha, North-west by land laid out for Henry 
Monroe, and to the South by land vacant, which said several 
tracts of land, were granted to the Reverend George Whitfield, 
for the endowment of the said institution, of which he was the 
founder, and to make and execute good and sufficient titles to 
the purchaser or purchasers of the said land, in v/hcle or in part, 
in fee simple or otherwise, as to the said trustees shall seem most 
Clonics how beneficial and advantageous ; and to apply as we!-l the monies 
applied. arising from such sale or '^aks, as the rents, issues, and profits ot' 
those other lands appertaiaing to the said institution, known by 
the name of Bethesda, Euphrates, Nazareth, Huntingdon, Ha- 
bersham, or by whatever other name or names such lands may 
be called or known, to the use, benefit and advantage of the said 
institution, according to the intention of the founder and the 
laws of the State relative thereto, 

iSec. II. Be it furtJier enacted, <^'C. That the present tnisfecs 
shall continue and remain until by death or otherwis; , the num- 
ber shall be reduced to nine, and *hat in th<:^ mean time, a majori- 
ty of the existing number shall constitute a board, and be com- 
petent to do tn 1 perform all ;hv; business of the said institution. 
dS*m"' And from and after the reduction of the said trustees to the num- 
ber nine, the said nine or a majority of them, shall constitute a 
board, and be competent to business as aforesaid, and that when 
and so often as a vacancy shall happen amongst the said nine 
members, such vacancy shall be filled as heretofore by the 0:>t - 
Onor. 



number. 



MISCELLANEOUS. ^^:^ 

Sec. in. Be it further enacted, i^-c. That all acts heretofore Jjjl",^;^"^ 
passed, so far as the same are contraj-y h'M'eto, be, and tiiesame 
are hereby repealed. 



S3L AN ACT to incorporate tlie Savannah Female Asylmn 
Society m the city of Savannah— passed 15th December. 
• 1810— Clayton Com. 61S. 

* Sec. I. Be it enacted, tj-c. That all such persons of the fe- \vho *ve lu 
male sex as now are, or hereafter shall become annual subscri- "^'^^""'^'^^ 
bers to the amount of not less than three dollars per annum to 
the said association, shall be, and are hereby constituted a body 
corporate and politic in fact and in name, by the denomination of 
the Savannah Female Asylum in the city of Savannah, and by 
that name shall have perpetual succession and be in law capable 
of suing and being- sued, defendinj^ and being defended in all 
Courts of law and places, and hi all manner of actions and ca- 
ses, whatsoever, and may have a common seal, and change the 
same at their pleasure, and shall by that name and style be ca-^^^^^;^.^,^,^ 
5-able in law of purchasing*, holdinj^ and conveying any estate, 
real or personal, for the use of said corporation. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the estates and 
concerns'of the said corporation shall be managed, directed and" .^ ^^ 
disposed of by a board of trustees, to be composed of a first andcers- 
second directress, a treasurer, secretary and ten trustees, to bo 
elected by a plurality of ballots of the members resident in the 
county of Chatham, being annual subscribers as aforesaid, and 
present at such elections yearly and on the second Saturday in 
December, at such place in said county and at such time of the how ahd 
day as the board of trustees may from time to time by ordinance ;elif" *"''"" 
or otherwise appoint, and of which public notice sliall be given 
and if any vacancy shall be occasioned by the death, resignation, 
removal or otherv/ise of any one of the said board, the same shall 
be filled for the remainder of the year by such person or persons, 
being annual subscribers aforesaid, as the board of trustees for 
the time being or the major part shall appoint, and until the elec- 
tion on the second Saturday in December, one thousand eighf. 
hundred and eleven, the board of trustees shall be as follows, viz : 

Ann Clay, first directress, Sarah C. Noel, second directress, 
Catharine Stebbins, treasurer, Francis Stebbins, secretary, Sa-ri.- tvu.:. 
rah Evans, Mehitablc Kollocli, Rebecca Newell, Mary ^Vail, Ig^ll- 



• This, aiuin« throe fuI!owIns;ac£i, are intended for t:i.? weiifciuac" vJ ••.iM^v.'Mndt l: 



194 MiSCELLANEOU.-?. 

zabcth Irvine, Ilaniiali Hill, Catharine Stiles, jMartha Steven?^ 
Mary C. Taylor, and Hester Johnson, trustees, and that a ma- 
jority of said board shall be requisite to transact business, and in 
case the first or second directress i^ive non-attendance, the mem- 
bers present may appoint a directress pro ^mpore. 



Anninl cicc 



Sec. III. Be ii furlJter enacted, ^-c. That if the annual elec- 
tion shall not be made on the stated day, the said corporation 
shall not be thereby dissolved, but the members of said board 
continue in olHce until a new election, which shall be made at 
such time and place, and after such notice, as the board shall pre- 
scribe, and in case an equality of votes shall be given for an}?" 
one or more persons as a member or members of the said board 
of trustees, the board shall determine which of such persons 
shall be considered as elected, and which determination shall 
make it lawful for such person or persons to take her or their 
seat accordingly. 

Yearly ac^ g^e. IV. Be it fuviher euacted, kc. That the said board shall, 
rd least at every yearly election, exhibit to the members of the said 
corporation an exact account of the receipts and disbursements 
of the preceding year. 



B.i-C'"a.-.vs. 



b-.ua.s arc 
« xiusublo. 



Sec. V. Be itfurihcr enacted, t^'C. That the said board may 
from time to time make bye-laws, ordinances, and resolutions re- 
lative to the management and dispositions of the estate and con- 
cerns of the said corporation, and the regulation of {he persons 
exercising the ofBces aforesaid, not contrary to law, and may ap- 
point such other oflicers. agents and servants, as tbey may deem 
necessary to transact the business of the said corporation, and 
designate their duties. 

* *S'ec. VI. Be it fartJier enacted, <^c. That the husband of any 
married woman who is or may be a member or ofhcer of the 
said corporation, shall not be liable to the said coiporation for 
any loss occasioned by the neglect or misfeasance of his wife, or 
upon any subscription or engagement of hjs wife ; but if he shall 
liave received any money from his wife belonging to the said 
corporation, or the 5 ome shall have been applied to liis use, he 
shall be accountable therefor, or if the liusbands goods shall be 
attached, or if he shall have become insolvent, such money if re- 
ceived after the passing of this act, shall be paid by the trustees 
or assignees in preference to all other debts. 



I'll 11 !.-■ Low 



*ec. Vil. Be it further enacted, &lc. That if the said corpora- 
aipiooiiai •>! tJon shall apply their or any part of their lunds to any other pur- 
poses than those contemplated by (his act, and shall thereof be 
• convicted in due course of lav/, then the said corporation shall 

cease and determine, and the estate, real and personal thereof 
^-^hTill be forfeited to, and vested in the people of this State. 



MISCELLANEOW. 19 J 

Sec. VIII. Be it further enacted, <$»c. That this act bcj and ispubuoia^r. 
hereby declared a pubHc act, and that the same be construed in 
all courts and places benignly and favorably, for every humane, 
charitable and laudable purpose therein contained. 



Sec. XI. Be if further enacted, ^-c.^ That all laws and parts 
of lav.'5 militatini^ against this act, be, and the same are hereby tii 
repealed. 



Repealij 



use. 



232. AN ACT to intorporate the Augusta Female Asylum — 
passed November 23d, 1819 — Lam. Com. S5o. 

*S'ec. I. Be it enacted, ^-c. That Hannah Longstrect, Ann i^^'i'<-':r-.^.f 
Cumming, Elizabeth Reid, A. F. E. Slaughter, Kezia Arnold, Inaie as \- 
Mary Murren, Mary Smelt, C. M. Cashin, F. Moore, IViscilla .-"'I'ta'uo^'.H 
Sims, Mary C. CarmichaeJ, Lucretia Moore, C. Watkins, and [1^-ofpori 
C. Beach, directresses of the Augusta Female Asylum, and their ^''^' 
successors in office, be, and they are hereby created a body cor- 
porate, to be known by the name and style of " The Augusta their style 
Female Asylum," with lull power and authority by that name to 
contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, or plead or 
be impleaded. 

Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ^-c. That the said corporation, ^^.^^ j^,^ 
"by its said corporate name, shall have full pov/er and authority pi ^"p^^^^y. 
to acquire and hold estate, real and personal, by gift, grant, alien- 
ation, or devise, or in any other mode whatsoever, according to 
the laws of this State. 

Sec. III. Be it further enacted, 8ic. That all contracts, gifts, ftj-^>_j':^-'/. 
or grants heretofore made wi:h the directresses of the Augusta i.op.fnfove 
Female Asylum, shall be deemed valid in law to inure to the be- 'z!;aV' ^^""'^ 
nefit of said Augusta Female Asyhun, as if the same had been 
^'inde by the present corporate name. 



233. AN ACT to incorporate the Sunoury Fomalc^Asylum— 
passed 23d November, 1819 — Lam. Com. 83-1. * 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, &-c. That all such persons of the lc-siin»>'''yJ>' 
male sex as now arc, or shall hcrcaitcr become annual subscn- i»'oii>yia- 



Their style, 
Tiiul corpor- 
ate powers. 



iOG miscellaneous'. 

Lers, to tlie amount of three dollars per anmim, to tlie {:aid £s- 
sociation, shall be, and are hereby constituted a body rorpora4e 
and politic in fact and in name, by tlie denomination of *' The Sun- 
bury Female Asylum," and by that name shall have perpetual 
succession, and l)e in law capable of suing and being sued, de- 
fending and being defended, in all courts ol law and places, and 
in all manner of actions and cases, whatever, and may have a 
common seal, and change the same at their pleasure, and shall 
by that name and style be capable in law of purchasing, holding 
and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said 
corporation. 



A fco'ird of 
trustees 'ft 
b'i constiiu- 
to4. 



Towrir? of 
paid buavd. 



Sec. IL Be it further enacted, fyc. That the estates and con- 
cerns of the said corporation shall be managed, directed and dis- 
posed of by a board of trustees, to be composed of a first and 
second directress, a treasurer, secretary and seven trustees, \o 
be elected by a plurality of ballots of the members resident in 
the county of Liberty, being annual subscribers as aforesaid, and 
present at such elections yearly, on such day and at such time 
as the board of trustees may from time to time appoint. 

>S'ec. in. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said board may 
from time to time make such bye-laws, ordinances and resolutipns, 
relative to the management and dispositions of the estate and 
concerns of said corporation, and the regulation of the persons 
exercising the offices aforesaid, not contrary to law% and may ap- 
])oint such other officers, agents, and servants, as they may deem 
necessary to transact the business of said corporation, and de- 
signate their duties. 



ronrric'?:, 
(fe''.. hoveto 
} ore made 
vith the rti 
ri'ctresscs of 
vaid Asylum 



Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, Sac. That all contracts, gifts, 
or grants, heretofore made with the directresses of the Sunbury 
Female Asylum, shall be deemed valid in law, and mure to the 
benefit of said association, as if the same had been made by the 
present corporate name. 



Sec. V. Be it further enacted, kc. That all laws or parts 
laws, mil 
by repealed. 



c;ausJ.-"° of laws, militating aj?ain&t this act, be and the same are here 



MISCELLANEOUS. ^ ^-^^ 



234. AN ACT to incorporate (lie Mcintosh county Female 
Asylum— passed May IGih, 1S21— Daw. Com. 188. 

. Sec. I. Beit enacted, Sic. That all such persons of the fe-^,^. ,^^3^,. . 
male sex as are now, or hereafter shall hecome annual suhscri- ';'|J„^^"|f/« 
hers to the said association, shall be and are hereby constituted acoWaud. 
body corporate and body politic, in fact, and in name, by the de- 
jiomination of the Mcintosh county Female Asylum, in the coun- 
ty of Mcintosh, and by that name shall have perpetual succes- Kic'l """"^ 
sion, and be in law capable of suing and being sued, defending 
and being defended, in all courts of law and j^laces, and in all 
manner of actions and cases whatsoever, and may have a com- 
mon seal, and change the same at their pleasure ; and shall by 
that name and style be capable in lav/ of purchasing, holding, yj^^. ,^^,^ 
and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said property. 
corporation. 






Sec. II. Be it further enacted (J-c. That the estates and con- ^,,p 
cerns of the said corporation shall be managed, directed, and ^"'^^^^(['eo"' 
disposed of by a board of trustees, to be composed of a first rorationjo^ 
and second directress, a treasurer, recretary, and as many trus- ^^^^^^if'l^l 
tees as may be necessary, to be elected by a plurality of ballots %vhoPh3n^ 
of the members resident in the county of Mcintosh, being annu- ijoard.* 
al subscribers as aforesaid, and present at such elections yearly, 
at such place in said county and at such time as the board of 
trustees may from time to time by ordinance or otherwise ap- 
point, and of which public notice shall be given ; and if any va- 
cancy shall be occasioned by the death, resignation, removal, or vacanrirs 
otherwise, of any one of the said board, the same shall be filled '*^^^ ^"^*^' 
for the remainder of the year by such person or persons, being 
annual subscribers aforesaid, as the board of trustees for the 
lime being, or the major part, shall appoint ; and for the present 
the board of trustees shall be as follows, viz : Mrs. Agnes Mc- 
intosh, first directress, Mrs. Semor Smith, second directress, J^^,\f,fj';^J.' 
Mrs. Catharine King, Mrs. Ann Cunningham, and Pvlargery S. theflrsi 
Kell, trustees ; and that a majority of said board shall be requi- tnmces. 
site to transact business ; and in case the first and second direc- 
tress give non-attendance, the members present may appoint a 
directress pro tern. 

Sec. III. Be it further ena'^tcd, c^-c. That tl>e said board shall, a nnuai pe- 
at least at every yearly election, exhibit to tlie members of thefeip"s';"nd^' 
said corporation an exact account of the receipts and disburse- S\1! ic. 
ments of the preceding year. '"'''^'^• 

Sec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^c. That the said board may j^.^,. ,,,.,^., 
from time to time make bye-laws, ordinances, and resolutions re- »'>e'i*^'^^ 
lative to the management and disposition of the estate and con- 
cerns of the said corporation, and the regulations of the per- 



IDS 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Proviso. 



sons exercising the offices aforesaid, not contrary to law ; and 
may appoint such other oflicers, agents, and servants as they may 
deem necessary to transact the business of said corporation, and 



and designate their duties. 



Fepealing 

tiause. 



Sec. VII. B it further enacted, cj-c. That all laws and parts 
of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby 
renealed. 



235. AN ACT to incorporate the Savannah Free School So- 
ciety — passed December 19th, 1318 — Lam. Com. 844. 



l\T»n,bfrrs of 
liie Savan- 
nah Free 
School Spci- 
etj', nomina' 
ted and in- 
corporated. 
Tiieir title. 



Shall have 

perpetual 

sucessioa. 



ISIaj" sue and 
be sued. 



!\Iay have a 
common seal 



Jlay hold 
real and 
personal 
property. 



Sec. I. Be it enacted, i^-c. That Mary C. Taylor, (and oth- 
ers) and all such other persons as now are and shall hereafter be- 
come members of the said society shall be, and are ordained, 
constituted and declared a body corporate and politic, in fact and 
in name, by the title of "The Savannah Free School Society," 
and by that name and title they, and their successors for ever 
hereafter, shall and may have succession, and by that namiC and 
title shall and may be persons, in law, capable to sue and be sued, 
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend 
and be defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all man- 
ner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever, 
and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and 
may change and alter the same at pleasure ; and they and their 
successors by the said name shall be forever hereafter capable, 
in law, to purchase, take, receive, hold and enjoy, any estate, 
real or personal, of whatever nature or quality soever, to the use 
of them the said Savannah Free School Societ}-, and their suc- 
cessors ; and all donations, gifts, grants, purchases, bequests, 
divises, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which belong or 
appertain, or shall or may hereafter be given, granted, sold, con- 
veyed, assigned, bequeathed, devised to or conferred upon, the 
said Savannah Free School Society. 



There Eha-l 
he thirteen 
directresses. 



First direc- 
tresses nom 
iiiated. 



Their con- 
tinuance in 
otace. 

May estab- 
lish free 
schools in 
.'-'avaniiiih. 



Sec. II. Be it further enacted, S^c. That there shall be forever 
hereafter thirteen directresses of the said corporation, who shall 
manage and conduct all the affairs of the same : and the first 
directresses of the said corporation shall be Mary C. Taylor, 
Jane Jackson, Eliza Roberts, Caroline Copper, Catharine Barnes, 
Sophia Evans, Caroline Frazer, Sarah Jones, Mar} Ker, Eliza 
Hunter, Isabella Hunter, Gertrude Dunning, and Mary Cleve- 
land, who shall hold their offices until tlie last Monday in Novem- 
ber, 1819, and shall have power to establish a free school or 
schools in the city of Savannabj iov the education of children 



MISCELLANEOO. 199 

of both sexes, the oiTsprin^ of Indigent person? : Provided alicays^'^^"^ 
vevertheless, That hereafter when a free school or schools for the 
instruction of boys under the direction and management of mer, 
shall have been duly established, incoiporated or otherwise put 
into full operation by the Legislature, then the right to the edu- 
cation of boys, by the Savannah Free School Society, shall cease, 
and be limited to the education of female children ; yet such 
education of boys by the Savannah Free School Society, if ac- 
quiesced in by any other public institution having boys under 
their charge,^ shall not be construed to operate as a violation or 
forfeiture of this act of incorporation, or any part thereoL 



♦S'ec. III. Be it furihcr enacted, cj-r. And for the keeping up ^.^^..^^ ^^ 
of the succession in the said offices, That on the last Monday of directresses 
every November in each succeeding year for ever hereafter, or'^^"''^'^ ' 
as soon thereafter as may from circumstances be practicable, 
there shall be a general meeting of the members of the said cor- 
poration, which shall be held at some convenient place in the ci- 
ty of Savannah, to be appointed by the directresses for the time 
being, then and there by ballot to elect thirteen directresses as 
above-mentioned ; and the thirteen members of the society who 
shall receive the greatest number of votes, shall be directresses 
for the ensuing year, and shall enter on the management and di- 
rection of the affairs of the society, on the day appointed for the 
jirst regular meeting of the directresses thereafter, and shall con- 
tinue in the same for the term of one year, ending on the last 
ISIonday in the succeeding November, or 'till others shall be elec- ygpa-res 
ted in their stead: and in case any of the pprsons elected as tiowfiuei. 
above mentioned to be directresses, shall die or remove out of 
the county of Chatham, before their term of service shall have 
expired, or shall resign or refuse to execute their offices, the re- 
maining directresses shall, at their first regular meeting thereaf- 
ter, elect another or other members of the society, in the stead 
of her or them so dying, removing or refusing to act, which per- 
son or persons so elected shall hold their offices until the last 
r>Ionday ,of the November next ensuing, and till others have been 



tresses shall elect, by ballot, from among their own number, one ^e?ond direr 

tress, ase- 
cret;irv hh i 



^-t nnl 

})er3on to act as first directress, one as secretary, and one as 

' " " " tr( 

elected 



treasurer, who shall immediately enter on fhe duties of their of- trc.Wrer to 

1,11., .-.,•' /> , ., .1 be elect 



Aces, and hold the same for the term of one year, and until oth- 
ers shall be elected in their stead, unless a vacancy should occur 
sooner, which shall be filled up by the directresses in like man- 
ner. And it shall be the duty of the directresses to meet regu- 
larly on the first Monday in every month, and at such other times 
as may be deemed expedient, and seven or more of them shall S^Ser ^' 
constitute a quorum, and be a legal meeting ; and a majority of Kr'' '^'"'^ 
them shall have power to make all such bye-laws, rules and re- 
gulations, not contrary to law or this act, ibr the government of 
the society and its affairs, and for the admission of members there- SJSS.'^ 
into, as to them shall seem requisite and expedient, and the same 
to alter, amend and repeal, as they, or a majority of them, shall 



200 MISCELLANEOUS. 



May call a 
l»;>,iieral meet 



Shall malv 



think lit ; and shall have power to call a general meeting of the 
society, with the power of adjournment from time to time when- 
ever they may judge it expedient and necessary. 

»S*ec. IV. Be it further enacted, ^^c. That It shall he the duty 
repon'to ihe ^^ ^^^ directrcsses of this society, to report annually to the gen- 
R. nerai meet eral meptius: of the members, on the last Monday in November 

1112 ot riie PI 11^x1 1 1 • 

members, oi cach year, or on the day or trie general annual meeting, a parti- 
cular account of the school or schools under their care, and of 
the moneys and other profits and effects, by them received and 
expended during the year, so as to exhibit a full and perfect set- 
tlement of the property, funds and affairs of the said society. 

This act de- Scc. V. Bq j.t further enacted, &c. That this act shall be and 
hereby is declared to be a public act, and shall be construed be- 
nignly and favorably for every beneficial purpose hereby intend- 
ir. ed ; nor shall any non-user of the privileges hereby granted this 
incorporation, create or produce any forfeiture of the same. 



dared a pub- 



No mlsno-j 



iS'ec. VI. Be it furiher enacted, ^-c. That no misnomer of 
MrporVtion thc Said Corporation in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, de- 
&c^" half?!- i^ise or other instrument of contract or conveyance, shall violate 
<ame"'^ or defeat the same : Provided, the corporation shall be sufficient- 
Proviso, ly described to ascertain the intention of the parties ; and all 
grants, gifts, and conveyances hitherto made to the directresses 
of the Savannah Free School Society, or an} of them, and their 
successors in office, beiore this act of incorporation, shall be held 
good and vaUd, in law to convey the same to this corporation 
and all estate, real nnd personal, so conveyed, shall be vested in 
them, for the benefit of the Savannah Free School Society. 

Thehusbnnd 'S'ec. VII. Be it further enacted, <!f-c. That thc husband of 
of any wo- ^nv married woman, who is or mav be a member or officer of the 

man, a mem- y . i n i t* i i i •! • /^ 

J;erof sam gaid corporation, shall not be liable to the said corporation for 
not liable for any loss occasioued by the neglect or malfeasance of his wife, oi: 
U3%-ife." upon any subscription or engagement of his wife ; but if he 
shall have received any money from his wife belonging to the said 
SjoSablc corporation, or the same shall have been applied to his use, he 
recpTve"P^ shall bc account^blc therefor ; or if the husband's goods shall 
wif J biiong- he attached or taken in execution by any process, or if he shall 
lociSj^&l hecome insolvent, such money, if received after the passage of 
*^c. ' this act, shall be paid by the trustees or assignees to the said cor- 
poration, in preference to all other debts ; and all other proper- 
ty and effects of the sakl society, coming into his hands by privi- 
ty of his wife, shall not in any way be subject to his debts. 



MISC]::LLA^'EOl^ 2ui 



236. AN ACT to incorporate tlie Augusta Free Scliool Socie- 
ty — passed December 25th, 1821 — Daw. Com. 191. 

.^ec. I. Be it enacted, ^'C. That the Rev. William T. Brant- ;^;^:';7,--g 
^y, Rev. William Moderwall, Augustus Moore, "^Villiam J. Hob- ^'i?";;;^^^^^^^. 
by, Ralph K-nchum, Samuel Hale, llugh Nesbit, Joel Catlin, '^:^^^^ 
Abiel Camfield, Robert R. Reid, Carlos Tracy, John Campbell, Iwruu.' 
and Thomas ^IcDowell, direq^rs of the Augu.sta Free School 
Societ}^, and their successors in oilice, be, and they are hereby 
made a body corporate, to be known by the name and style of 
"'The Augusta Free School Society," with full power and au-i'^f'-'- 
ihority by that name to contract and be contracted with, to sue 
and be sued, and to plead and be impleaded. 



nan 



<S'ec. II. Beit further enacted, ^-c. That tlie said corporation, invcste. 
by its said corporate name, shall have full power and authority to ''jjVf^.ro-' 
acquire and hold estate, real and pai^sonal, by gift, grant, pnr-!,'[^^^j;J^'\^.jj 
<diase, alienation, or demise, or in any otlier-mixle v\diatsoever, 
accoriiing to the lavrs of this State. 

♦S^ec. III. Be it further enacted, S^'C. That all contracts, gifts, ah couij^.ms 
or grants heretofore made with the directors of the Augusta Freei.fa^ioV[^h 
School Society, shall be deemed and held valid in law, and to in- u!r?.SG 
lire to the bcneht of the said society as if, the ?ame liad been iS.''" 
made by the present corporate name. 

♦S'ec. IV. Be it further enacted, t^-c. That all laws or })arts of /?ei.faiing 
laws militating" aaainst tliis act, be, and the e^aiv "vehv re-*'"'^''^ 



>7. AN 4^'^' t^^ i:ilior])orate the Presbyterian and 'Mel hodi:s< 
Georgia Fducatioa Sov'ietics — parsed December 20th, 1830 
— Pamph. 7. 

Sec. I. Be it enacted, c^-r. That from and ;)i:pr'tiir passing 
nf this act, the Presbyterian ami Methodist (Jeqrgia I'Alucation?;,';^/^^'^^;** 
Socielv, at present known in this^tate, shall bo eacli kn)An and^ist r,<vT-ia 
called by that name respectively; and that the present Presi- i'onHi.'>. 
dents. Vice Presidents, Trustees, Secretaiies, and Direetcu's, of l'.n..\ .'!!.' 
each of said societies rcspeclively, and iheir successors in oOicc, 
be, and ihey are hereby (leclcred-to be a body politic and corpo- 



rate, by the name and style of the one, "The Presbyterian Ci cor- ;wt 
$na Education Society'' — the other, "*]'he Mcthpili^t Georgia 



T»i*«ir 5r 



20:2 MISCELLANEOU;^^. 

Education -fc-oclcty.*' And as such shall each ])e capable aiid^ lin ♦ 
Kred':'''''^ble in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall 
b'^e-'aws*^ be authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be 
deemed neccssar}^ for the government of said societies : Pro- 
vided, such byc-law3 are not repugnant to the Constitution and 
laws of this State, and for that purpose may have and use- a com- 
Smumr* mon seal, and',^U all vacancies that may occur in the offices of 
^'^''^^'- said societies. 



M:l.V llOl.l 
I'rc'i)t;rt>-. 



Sec. II. Ij3 it further cnarted, cf'C. That the said officers of 
each society respeolively, shall be capable of accepting' and be- 
ing hivcstcd witii all manner of property, real and personal, all 
donations, gifts, grants, privileges and immunities whatsoever, 
which may belong to the said societies* or which may hereafter 
be conveyed, or transferred to them and their successors in office 
respectively, to have and to hold the same, for the proper ben^^- 
lit and behoof of said societies. 



2oS. AN ACT io'c iucorporathig the UnlomSoclety hi >S'avan- 
nah — passed August 14th, 178G — Craw. L Mar 142. 



i*reanibL 



1. "Wherea:^, William ^S'tevens, President, Leonard Cecil, Vic 
I'resident, David Mo^itaigut, *S^ecretary, James Bullock ani.1 
CJeorgo B. fS'pencer, steward3 ; Mordecai >S'heftall, Oliver Bow- 
en, John ftlorell, Peter Deveatix, James Habersham, Joseph 
Habersham, Joseph Cla:f, Fi-ederick Herb, John Richard^^, Ben- 
jamin Lloyd, Jamc;? Fields, John ^iVnuden, John jMilledge, Sam^ 
ucl iViirk, ]laymond Demerip, and George llandley, have by 
tlieir petition representci], that they arc members of the Union 
.S'ociety, in the town, of ♦S'av^innah in thi3 ♦S'tatc, ^nd that the said 
societ}^ has estahHshed a nind, which is increasing, for the reliet 
of distressed widow.^, and the schoohng and maintaining poor 
children, many of whom have, and others are at present receiv- 
ing assistance from the said society, and. thcrelore pray to be in- 
corporated. And as the allegations in the said petif ion are veri- > 
on s.vie-fied : Therefore, for promotin;^ and encouraging societies found- 
.*'.ed on benevolent principles — lU it enacted, ike. That the sever- 
al persons abovx named, and others who arc now or shall here- 
after be members ot the Union *S^Gciety in 6'avanna]), respective- 
ly, and the succes3or^5, officers and members of the same, shall 
be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, in deed 
',\]\.\ in namo, by the name and style of " The President and Vice 
President of the Uni(3n >S*ociety in *S'avannah,'' and by the said 
riamc shall have ])erpetual succession of officers and members, 
and a common seal to use, with power to make, alter, change 
f^,-.\ oH-r»-,r. 1 a,*r>h ^^r <->.••>", tr^ atfl r^tTilafioiT.? a? mav be aaTeed on 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 20,^ 

by the members of the said society : PrGvided, such laws be r.ot 
repugnant to tlie Constitution and laws of this State ; and that 
thev have privilege to sue for and j-ecover all moneys that now 
are*^or may be due the said Union ^S'ociet}-, by any name, or in 
any manner of wise howsoever, and the rights and privileges of 
the said society in any court to defend and to receive, take and 
apply all or any donations for the uses intended by the said socie- 
ty, and shall and hereby are declared to be vested with all the 
privileges, powers and advantages, rights and immunities of a 
society of people incorporated for the purposes intended by their 
institution. 



Sec. IL Be it further enacted, ^^c. That this shall be taken as 
a public act to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 



rubilc act. 



i23D. AN ACT for ascertaining the rights of Aliens, and point- 
ing out a mode for the admission of citizens — T)assed Feb- 
ruary 7th, 1785— Prin. Dig. 182.* 

Sec. V. Be it further enacted, cj-f. That if any person or per- 
sons under the age of sixteen years, shall, after the passing of S'qlKaSea 
this act, be sent abroad without the limits of the United States, ^onVedurl 
and reside there three years, for the purpose of receiving an ed- [.f ,J" ^*^J,^. 
ucation under a foreign power, such person or ]>ersons, after their ^^''^'^^ 
return to this State, shall for three years be considered and trea- 
ted as aliens, in so iar as not lo be eligible to a seat in the Leijis- 
lature or Executive authority, or to hold any office, civil or nnli- 
tary, in the State for thai term, and so ivi proportion for any grea- 
ter number of years as, he or thny shall be absent as aforesaid, 
but shall not be injured or disqualified in any other respect. 



The ether sections do not relate to education. 



IlE>SOI.UTiOX2^^» 



Be it resolcedy tf^c. That the trustees of the Richmond acs- 
demy be, and they are hereby authorised to place the said Baptist 
Society,* upon an equal footing, in this regard, f as near as may 
he, with other denominations, and that for this purpose they con- 
vey to the said society, a -lot or lots, of land, in fee simple, anc ■ 
without any special trust, or make them some other equivalent. 

Approved, Dec. 23d, 182J— Daw. Com. Res. 25., 



Be it resolved, if*". That upon the commissioners of said aca- 
demies:}: surrendering to the Secretary of State, the original 
grant, and relinquishing their bid to the State, to the same,|| that 
the treasurer be and he is hereby mstructed to allow them, a cre- 
dit for the purchase money of the said tract of land, with which 
they now stand charged. 

Approved, December 22d, 1823— Daw. Com. Res. 31. 



* In Augusta. 

^ A? to the site of a lot for buildins a church. 

I Of the rounties of Elbert, Jackson, Clarke, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Laurens, Moptgonicrr, 
SiTiven, and Bulloch. 

II A tract of land of 1,000 acre?, granted to Sir Jai^es Wright, and confiscated, but which car.- 
not bo found. 



RESOLUTIONS. 

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21fG KESOLUTIONS. 



IN SENATE. 



Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1830. 
The committee on public education, and free schools, on ex- 
amining the reports of the several academies, and the accounts 
of the trustees of the poor school, find matter deserving the at- 
tention of the General Assembh^, and of all who regard the 
economical application of the funds appropriated to the acade- 
mies and poor schools. 

In some of the accounts rendered, it is discovered that the 
trustees of academies and of the poor school fund, have disburs- 
ed moneys, to compensate persons for conveying the apportion- 
ment of the academy, and of the poor school from the Treasu- 
ry. It is confidently beheved, that there is scarcely a county in 
the state, to which money may not be transmitted free of ex* 
])ense, if the persons, or bodies interested, would take the trou- 
ble to enquire and to avail themselves of suitable opportunities 
as they present themselves. Believing that it is improper, that 
these funds should be absorbed, or diminished, by allowing indi- 
viduals douceurs or compensation, for conveying money from the 
Treasury to trustees of these institutions, your committee sub- 
mit the following resolutions ; 

Resolved, That charges in the accounts of trustees of acade- 
mies, or of poor school fund, for compensation of agents, for 
conveying money from the Treasury, is disapproved. 

Resolved, That it be recommended to the trustees, of the se- 
veral academies and of the poor school fund, to procure the 
transmission of the money apportioned to them, in such manner 
as may preclude expence. 

Resolved, That the foiegoing resolutions, be published in the 
newspapers of this place, for the information and government, of 
all interested in the academies, and poor school fund. 

Resolved, That the Tabular statements, of the returns of the 
academic and poor school returns, be priuted with the journals of 
fSenate. 

Approved, Dec. 23, 1830. 



RESOLUTION;?. 207 



In the House of Represextative:^ 

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1830. 

• Whereas, there are sundry Mathematical instruments, belong- 
in;^ to this state, which were purchased for the use of the board 
of public works. And whereas, the said board has been dissolv- 
ed, and the said mstruments are now lying useless, and subject 
to great injury, for want of proper use, and attention. 

And whereas, the said instrumcAts may be of great use, to the 
University of Georgia. 

Bs it resolved, <fv". That his Excellency the Governor, be, 
and he is hereby authorised and required, to cause the said in- 
struments to be delivered to such person or persons, taking hi^ 
or their receipt for the same, as the board of trustees may ap^ 
point to receive and convey them to Athens, for the use afore- 
said : Provided nevertheless. That whenever the said instruments 
may be wanted by the state, for any purpose, the Governor may 
an<l shall, be authorised, to call for the same and order them to bo 
returned to the seat of Government. 

Approved Dec. 23, 1830. 



IN SENATE, Dec. 22, 1831. 

The committee on public education and free schools, have e\'- 
amined the several subjects referred to them, which consist of a 
portion of the Governor's communication — ^the annual report of 
the President and Trustees of Franklin College to the Scnatu^ 
Academicus — the reports of each of the senators of the state, 
and condition of the schools within his peculiar county, and a re- 
ference Irom the Representative branch of the Legislature. A 
detaileti report on these several subjects would involve the com- 
mittee in a prolixity incompatible with legislation. *S'ome con- 
sideration is deemed necessary to each, and the more especially, 
as occasional notices of the condition of the literature of the 
state, as provided by lav/, may awaken an increased zeal in the 
community at large on the important subject of education. 

In our country every man ought to prepare himself for taking 
a purt in her public business. Should he never aspire to a seat 
in her state or national councils, he yet owes it as a 'duty to him- 
self and his posterity, to let any talent he may possess appear at 
least in her primary assemLlics. 



tlOS RESOLUTlONj?. 

If tills view of our duty be correct, and it is believed it can- 
, not be contioverted, the committee feel warranted in consider- 
ing the subject of education, the noblest and most important that 
can engag-e the attention of the lawgiver, it lies in truth, at the 
basis of the whole social system. It affects not only the individ- 
ual happiness, the character and the Usefulness of those who are 
its objects, but it exerts a most powerful and irresistable influ- 
ence upon the government, the laws, and the hberties of com.mu- 
iiities. No nation when the majority of the people is well edu- 
cated, can remain enslaved ; no nation when the great mass is * 
ignorant can retain its freedom. In proportion to the general 
intelligence will be the force, the wealth, and the influence of a 
state, and it will be respected in the exact ratio of the instructed 
talent it can bring into its negociations. 

The committee regret to say, that they have seen strong indi- 
cations of a belief that more of learning than will sufficje for the 
pursuits prescribed by parents and guardians, or than is absolute- 
ly demanded in the contemplated profession, is worse than use- 
less. Divines have deprecated the use of mere human learning 
in their noviciates — Physicians sneered at by their fellows, be- 
cause they were Chemists and Zoologists — Lawyers less patron- 
ized because they were scholars — Merchants who refused liber- 
ully educated men as clerks ; and parents who have prohibited 
the study of ancient languages and Mathematics to boys intend- 
ed for the counting-house. The great cry in considering sys- 
' terns of education is, where is the good 1 The ends are always 
mistaken for the means ; and it. seems almost universally to b6 
forgotten, that elementary education is far less intended to quali- 
fy lor any specific pursuit ; than to give that development of 
mental powers and energy, which may lead to usefulness in any, 
and lay the foundation of greatness in that for which the pecu- 
liar bent of the genius is calculated. Objections like these are 
too common to be disregarded, and can, be removed only by a 
i;'eneral diffusion of intelligence. No one who has ever studied 
Mathematics can fail to have remarked the improvement of those 
of his powers which are adapted to. mercantile life. The whole 
subject of compound interest. The compensation of chances 
on which every species of insurance is founded. The real prin- 
ciples of stock operations. The arbitration of exchanges may 
be treated mathematically, and in this way alone any valuable 
and practical result can be derived. The last of these is not yet 
tin object of business in this country ; but the time is approach- 
ing, when [In] intelligent hands it will be the surest and safest 
mode of employing capital. 

No one who has watched the manner in which duty is perform- 
ed, by those who are in possession of mental resources to fill the 
hours of idleness, and by those who must for want of other ob- 
jects of interest apply their waste time to dissipation, would hesi- 
Vate between an ec^ucated and an ignorant clerk. Who that has 
compared the close and pertinent reasoning of the well educa- 



V IlESOLUTIONS. 

:on [educated] and learned Barrister vrould hesitate, wliicli to 
choose for his counsel i Who that iaiows the jjov/erfid eilects of 
Chemical affinities upon the substances emploj'ed as remedies, 
and the vast complexity of the human machine, would instruci 
liislife to the Physician who could not judge lor iiimselt of the 
'Chemical, physical, and even mechanical principles on which th) 
success of liis practice depends? "^^^hat harm v/ill he not do to 
the cause of religion, vfhose diction is bai barous and inelegant, 
whose taste is gross from a want of acquaintance with classick 
models, who will oppose his ov/n inteipretation of a text, or even 
ihat of his church, to tlie facts which the study of the great book 
of nature is every day brlng'iiig to the confirmation and support 

f revealed religion ? 

Franklin College, the fondly cherished Institution, should ccn- 
liuue to receive the fosterin^:^ aid of the Legislature. Not^.vith- 
standing- the many reverses whicii haye^isited the institution, ii 
hasnov/ an organization which jrromises io fulfil most of the pur- 
poses of a solid and extensive ediication. The committee liave 
the most satisfactory assurances, that the conhibutions and apprc-- 
priations from time to time made by the Legislature, have been 
I'aithfully and profitably expended. The College edifice destroy- 
ed by fire is nearly rebuilt, a new library and mathematical and 
philosophical apparatus has been supplied to answer tlie exigen- 
cies of the institution. The committee notice with great grati- 
iieation the zeal v,4th which tlie patrons of the College afford a ' 
real, as well as an incidental patronage.. The most sanguine 
friends of the College must have anticipated that the embarrass- 
ment occasioned by the destruction of one of the college edifices, 
would have deterred many young men from.matricalatiijg. Yet 
it is true that no year since tlic ibundation of the institution has 
there been a greater number of scholars than at present. It i?- 
also an additional satisfaction that the connnittee are assured that 
with the progressive state of the repairs of the College ediike, 
:;dl tlie professorships are now filed v/ith able and eflicient pro- 
fessoTS- The fastidious schoolman v/ill now cease to find cause 
of derisions and the pride of the Georgian may escape mortihca- 
lion. 

The committee would respectfully ask One ether corisidera- 
tlon of the Legislature. The subjects which are now, and iiavc 
liithcrto been taught in Franklin College, though exten5:ivc and 
solid, are purely elementary. Intelligence cannot be conccive<i 
Ito exist, without the accjuisition of a greater part of (hem. A]l 
education afforded by a College or Cniversity, should jtot stop at 
'snere elements. Higher studies sliould be ijitroduccd to occu])y 
the time that intervenes betAvecn ^outh and manhood, betweeji 
the years when parental caution would exclude ihe Wip'il from 
too close a contact with the worhl, and those in which a profes- 
Honal noviciate can be entered u])on wllh advantage, or iho soci- 
ety of men enjoyed. Among such studies stand pre-eminent 
Orc'jian Literature and the his/her Iranclic^^ of ^lallicmallL's, 



21 U llESOLUTIONS. 

'.Hie ibrnier opens the door to the most perfect Literature tLe ' 
world has ever known, to the linest models of style, and exquisite 
instances of taste. — The latter are boundless in their applicaticn?y 
and so much a matter of liberal knowledge, that an acquaint- 
ance with them may fairly be considered indispensable in every 
scheme of fmished education. 

In adverting to these higher studies, the committee do not in- 
tend to ask at present for the creation of suitable professorships 
for them. The spirit of improvement which so laudably and en- 
thusiastically actuate the communit}^ will eventually discover 
their importance, and the single sug-gesticii of their inti- . 
mate connection with comprehensive intelligence and the philc- ' 
sophy of motion, Avill insure such an investigation of their use- 
fullness, among the guardians of the literature of the State, as to 
carry conviction to the mind of every one not predetermined to 
.oppose it, that such professorships are essentially necessary for 
the more complete organization of the College. 

The com.mittee beg leave respectfully to suggest the impor- 
tance of [a] thorough acquaintance of the higher branches of 
Mathematics to the single subject of internal Improvement, a 
subject in which we should all be concerned. We should feel 
an interest'in the investigation of any and every scheme calcula- 
ted to m.onopolize any of the advantf^gcs resulting from great un- 
dertakings, which may tend to defraud us of our just proportions 
of their advantages. In the application of science to the re- 
searches of this character, the advantages ultimately to be deri- 
ved from machines whether propelled by animal, by steam or any 
other power, on railways, ordinary roads, canals or other water 
courses : — the subject for investigation^ as in all other depart- 
ments of science, is the accurate ascertainment of the relation 
which must always exist between an effect, and the cause pro- 
ducing it ; in this enquiry must be ascertained the relation exis-^ 
ting between the mass to be transported over a certain distance 
in a given time, and the cause producing that effect. Various 
circumstances may modify these results, and these circumstan- 
ces no less than the general principles themsches, can be esti- 
mated with any accuracy and precision by mathematical scienco' 
alone. 

Your committee are not unapprised of th.e great value arising- 
' from a fixed or permanent system of education in our State, where 
all orders ajid ranks of society may be equally entitled to a par- 
ticipation in this blessing. 

It is believed by your ccmntittee, the plan recommended by the 
board of trustees is not one well calculated^to enlist the good 
feelings of the people. That it is a plan very invidious in its po- 
licy, cannot be denied, and wholly violative of the great princi- 
ples of equality. Therefore, in every appearance well calcula- 
ted to sow seeds of strife ^nd contention in every part of the State. 
Tt b, nevertheless the fact, the State has herctoiore made liberal 



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scndowmcnts fi)rtiie cuacatlon of indigent routli of our »^taiQ hy 
patronising schools of almost every description, in every section 
of the State. It is conlidently believed by your committee that 
novelty is that kind [of] attraction which too often supersedes 
merit. And it would be more congenial to the spirit of our in- 
stitutions to keep down >nonopolies of every description, by stu- 
diously endeavoring to avoid creating undue as well as unneces- 
sary distinctions among our fellov^^-citizens. 

Your committee have no hesitancy in believing the plan recom- 
mended by the board of trustees, is well calculated to impair the 
confidence of public opinion in our county academies and schools 
predicated on the poor school plan. Your com.mittee further- 
more believe that the public funds of the State, which is undeni- 
ably the property of all, should not be taken and appropriated 
exclusively to such extravagant extent, to the benefit of any one 
institution, located in any section of our community to the dis- 
paragement of other institutions equally meritorious. Your com- 
mittee have no hesitancy in giving it as their opinion, that well 
regulated academies, accompanied with the present advantages 
of the poor school plan, is one, if persevered in, v\-i]l redound in 
incalculable advantages to society at large. Therefore, your 
committee most respectfully recommend the following resolutions : 

Resolved, That the sum recommended to be set apart as an 
annual permanent endowment for the education of one poor boy 
from each county in this State, be withheld, and if any further 
appropriations be necessary to extend the principles, of educa- 
tion to the poorer classes of our fellow citizens, that it be based 
on the principles of ecjuality, and not those of mere selection or 
distinction. 

A tabular statement, hereunto annexed, v/ill exhibit the amoiuit 
of dividends yielded by the academic and poor school funds, the 
proportions in which they have been disbursed, the extent to 
which each county has been endowed, and the number [of] 
beneficiaries, so far as could be ascertained by the returns from 
each county. The view here exhibited, although imperfect, will 
oAiablcthe enquirer to calculate prospectively the reliance which 
his county has upon the munificence of the State for time to come. 

The committee arc persuaded that no difference of opinion 
can exist as to the importance of the primary schools in the 
State, and a strict accountability in the disbursement of the poor 
school fund, A uniform method of contlucting, managing and 
instructing, cannot fail to give increased usefulness and perma- 
nency to the primary schools, and insure thai acc<juntabllit.y 
which they consider vitally important to sustain and extend the 
munificent intentions of the Legislature. 

They recommend the adoption of the resolutions hereto an- 
nexed. 

Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be, and he Ia 
hereby authorised to appoint three suitable persons to Ibrm a sys- 
tem of academic and poor [free] school institutions as nearly 
uniform as practicable throughout the State, and report to the 



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next meeting of the Legislature, for their acloption or rcjccllcr;,. 
as to them raay seem proper. 

Resolved, That his Excejiency the GcverRor, he, and he is: 
liereby authorised to appoint a suitahic person to complete [ccm- 
pile,] and have pubJished in pamphlet form all the laws and re- 
solii lions now in force in this State, on the subject of public ed- 
K'Cation and free schools, the number of pamphlets to be sufficient 
to furnish each member of the present Legislature, one, one for 
the Inferior Court, and one for each Justice of the Peace in 
each county. 

The reference Irom the Reprerentative branch of the Legis- 
lature, requesting an enquiry into the expediency of establishing 
a State Library at the seat of Crovernment, has been under the 
consideration of the committee. The convenience, benefit and 
use fulness of an extensive and well selected library at the seat of 
Government, seem too obvious to admit of doubt. The want of 
one, is a reproach which should no longer exist. Profitable, 
useful and Ciiicient legislation can only obtain where the law-ma- 
kers are intimately acquainted with the cperation of the laws, 
and the objects to be attained by them. The first is the result 
of experience, the latter by a careful examination of the enact- 
ments of cotemporaries and predecessors, the last can be ac- 
quired alone by the legends of mem.ory or the records of histo- 
ry. The morality of men changes as circum.stances and occa- 
sions vary. Yv'ise and successful legislafion must not only be con- 
trolled by these circumstances, but also by an intimate acquaint- 
ance with all the principles involved in these [their] circum.- 
stanccs. In a government like ours, dependent for its perma- 
nency and freedom on the moral sentiment of the governed, it 
does seem to be a position self-evident, that the Legislators and 
the Governors should alv/ays be in the possession of the means 
- which can carry into operation most beneficially those principles 
of human action, v/hich foster and protect the common weal. 
The object can be materially advanced by a vrell selected libra- 
ry ; whixch would not [only] afford facility and fitness in legisla- 
tion, and the Executive part of the Government, but "likewise, a 
beneficial amusement to the Legislators and other ofiicers of the 
governm.ent. It is believed that Georgia is the only one of the 
original confederacy, and the only one except three, of the twen- 
ty-four States, which does not profit by the benefits and facili- 
ties of a State Library, or an histitution of equivalent advanta* 
g-es. 

Approved, Dec. 2Gth, 1S3L 



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I]\DEX. 



ACADEMIES, COMMISSIONERS o^, how appointed 29, ITS 

AMSDEN ACADEMY incorporated, 16G 
APPLING ACADEMICAL FUND added to its free school 

fund i> 
LOTS No. 10 and 100, set apart to raise a free school 

fund, 1 

LOTS No. 10 and 100, to be sold, ^ 
ARREARS, on what conditions paid to tmstecs of poor 

schools or academies, 5, G 

of poor school tlmd, when paid, after faihire of returns, 9 

of poor school fund of Lawrens, to be paid, ll'-i 

of academy of Carnesviil# to be paid, 70 

of academy of Lawrens, to be paid, ^ 112 

of academy of Franlilin, to be paid, 70 

of academy of Jefferson, to be paid, 10:> 

ARTHUR ACADEMY incorporated, 13S 

AUGUSTA, LOTS to be sold, to build a seminary of learning, 40 

FREE SCHOOL SOCIETY, to incorporate, 201 

BAKER COUNTY, BYRON ACADEMY incorporated, 30 

BALDWIN COUNTY, to establish common schools in, l'> 
ACADEMY commissioners authorised to sell 6 tovra lots, 31 

ACADE^IY commissioners, 4 lots conveyed to, 31 

ACADE]MY incorporated, 37 

CORINTH ACADEMY mcorporated, 31 

LONICERA ACADEMY incorporated, 32 
SCOTTSBOROUGH MALE ACADEjIY, incorpo- 

rated, 31 
BAPTIST SOCIETY in Augusta, lot granted to, 204, loO, 154 
BETHESDA COLLEGE estate vested in the countess of 

Huntingdon, 4."> 

estate to authorise the disposal of, 47 

lands to be sold, 192 

trustees reduced in number, 192 

BIBB, LAKE ACADEMY incorporated, 35 

WASHINGTON ACADE.AIY incorporated, 30 

BLAKELY ACADEMY incorporated, 5!) 

BOND to be given bv trustee of the free school fund, - li 

BROCKMAN UNITED ACADEMY incorporated, 7r. 

BRYAN ACADEMY incorporated, 37 

to amend the title of the act of incorporation, 3S 

to add academical to poor school fund, 174 

BULLOCH COUNTY ACADEMY incorporated, 3S 

credit allowed to, 204 

BURKE, land granted for an ACADEMY at ^raynesborough, 40 

to dispose of lots belongingto the ACADEMY at Waync<- 

borough, 4') 

Xlebc lands of, to be sold lor the ACADEMY, 4 1 

Xr ADEMY, laud in Caindcn to be sold for, 4 1 



IG INDEX. 

BUTTS COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate. 41 

BYRON ACADEMY, to incorporate, 3a 

€. 

CAMDEN COUNTY ACADEMY, certain funds relinquished to, 43 

. to collect its funds, 171 

, to remove to Jefferson, 172 
. CAMPBELL COUNTY, CA.^IPBELL ACADE.^IY incor-- 

porated, 44 

CARNESVILLE ACADEMY incorporated, C9 

, act of incorporation amended, C 9 

, arrears and dividends paid to, 70 

•CARROLL ACADEMY incorporated, * 45 

LYCEUM ACADE.^.IY incorporated, 34 

CENSUS of new counties to be made and returned, 8 

, compensation for takin.^, regulated, 8 

CENTREYILLE ACADEMY incorporated, ^ 88 

CHATHAM, to vest poor school fi?nd in the Savannah FREE 

SCHOOL SOCIETY, 14 

, to establish an ACADEMY, 45 

ACADEMY, vacant land reserved to, 45 

, to received. 1,000 confiscated pronerty 46 
CHATHAM ACADEMY, lands of, to be sold, ' 45 
, proceeds of, sales to be an accumula- 
tive fund, 47 
, to support and educate five orphan 

children, 48 

CICERO ACADEMY, to incorporate, 124 

CLARKE COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 49 

, credit allovv^ed to, 204 

SALEM ACADEMY, to incorporate, 48 

CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 83 

CLAYTON ACADEMY to incorporate, , ]46 

CLINTON ACADEMY, to incorporate, 107 

, lottery for, 108 

COLUMBIA, OAK-HILL ACADEMY, to incorporate, 34 

, WHITE-OAK ACADEMY, to incorporate, ,00 

, FRANKLIN ACADEMY, to incorporate, 01 
, fines and forfeitures appropriated to ACADEMIES, 50 

, academy commissioners to sell certain lands, 52 

COLUMBIANA ACADEMY, to incorporate, 88 

COLUMBUS ACADEMY, to incorporate, 130 

COMMISSIONERS of academies, how appointed, 29, 173 

CONCORD ACADEMY, to incorporate, ' 105 
CONFISCATED PROPERTY, L. 1,000 to be purchased 

for the academy of each county, 25 
, titles to be made to commissioners cf 

academies, 25 
, i. 1,000 to be dehvered to Chatham 

academy, 40 

, L. 1,000 for the academy at Louisville, 105 

CORINTH ACADEMY, to incorporate, 31 

CONSTITUTIONAL HALL ACADEMY, to incorrorato, 104 

COUNTY-LINE ACADEMY, to incorporate, * 34 
COVINGTON ACADE.'\:y. to ixicorporcte, 



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PAGE. 

COWETA, NEWNAN'ACADEMY, to Incorporate, 53 

'. to amend the act of incorporation, 54 

'P.AWFORD, KXOXVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 55 

, to amend tlio^ipt of incor- 
poration, .*;('• 
COUNTY, to add the acadfemy to the poor 

schcfolfand, 175 

CRAWFOIIDVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate^, 158 

CULLODEN ACADE?^Y, to incorporate, 88 

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DAVISBOROUGH ACADEMY, to idcorpcrate, B9 
DECATUR COUNTY, to add^^ie academical, to the poor 

.•^cliool fund, ♦ 14 

DEKALB COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate^ 57 

. to amend the act of incorpoitition, 57 
DISTRIBUTION ANNUAL, of 820,000, of the poor school 

fund, S 

. of the poor f^cliool and acade)PJc fi.md, 7 
, jjoor school and academic fund to be 

free from charge, 200 

DISTRIBUTiOIs of the poor school fund to new counties, P 

DISTRIBUTION of the ; -=,d^mic fund, . • 27 
^ how msfdc, Vvdien more tlian 

one academy, 2 7 
, not to be made, until accounts 

renclerecl, 28 

. lo be cOTiveyed free of expence, 206 

. full, to academies in Hancock, S7 



. full, Scriven academy, 1 



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r.ARLY COUNTY, BLAk ELY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 59 

, SMITilVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, GO 
, to transfer the funds from Smith^■iIIe to Fort 

Gaines, 3 74 

] " ' MUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 01 

, to regulate and secure the funds, 02 

ELBERT COUNTY A CADEjMY, to incorporate, 0:3 

, credit allowed to, 204 

, to autiiorise a lottery for, 64 

rillLOM ATHIA ACADEMY, to incorporate, 64 

E U DISCO 7VC ADEM Y, to incorporate, 05 

];LBERT0N FEMALE ACADE.MY, to incorporate. 00 

EMANUEL, to establisiifree selipols in, 1 5 

, to a3d the academical to the free sciiool fun<l, 16 

, borrowers Of the £i-ee school fund, to pay, or 

renew their notes, 10 

. to regulate the poot school fund, 175 

I':UDISCO ACADEMY, to incorporate, C5 

F. 

l^ARMERS ACADEMY," to iricc^porafr, "!0P 
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l^AYETTE COUNTY ACADEI^IY, to incorporate, 

. - , to convey lands 1o, 

, to authorise a lotterv ['ov 
l^EMALE ACADE^^IY OF ELBERT, t^ineorporalc, ' 

TALBOTTON, to incorporatr.. 
lIARi\IONY Onm^E, to i;i- 
Gorporate, 
- ^lONTlCELLO, to incorporate, 
EEMALE ASYLUM OF SAVANNAH, to incorporate, 

AUGUSTA, to incorporate, 
SUNBUIIY, to incorporat(\ 
■ «,MCIN.TOSH, to incorporate, 
]■ LIN T RIVER ACADEMY, to rcceivepfu-t- of the Hcustoji 

Y'^Oj^scliool fu"^-^. 
, to incorporate, 
]-"ORFEri UilE, Ijv triiylceof poorschool 11;;: V: 

returns, 
, of academic funds,' on failure * ^ 
.of pci'sons .holding acadcniic fui. 
FURr'LlTl:RES AND FINES, appropriated to acadcinies 

of Lincoln, 114, 

. cippropriated to academies 
of Columbia and Jones, 
, u pj ■rop'riatcd to academies of 
(rrcen, Morgan. & V/ilkcs, 
FOREIGN EDUCATIONiT disabilities conseqnr ' 
i'ORSYTH ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
FORT GAINES ACADEI^IY^mds of Smithvillc translbrrt 
]■ RAN KLIN COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 

, act of incor};oration auicndod, 
, arr{\'>rs to ]>■- isnid I'. 



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in Heard, to iiRv-i,.. 
in Troup/, to incorjioi 



c;]^\NN, to e^tnbiisii i-ilEE ^SUiiUULy ni, 
, ACADEMY, to sell the biMldiiig and 
. t.) alter the n^.o.: • ■ ' 
iviissioners. 



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GOSHEN ACADEMY, toincorporat'\ 

GREEN, THORNTON ACADEMY, to i 

GREENSBOROUGH, to regulate, 

GREEN, fmes and forfeitures appxo] iiat-u i . w.aa^i...-., 
ACADEMY, to sell part of a certain Jot, 
ACADEMICS, to receive fill dividends, 
BROCKMAN UNITED ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
LA FAYETTE HALL ACADEMY, to incorporate 

GWINNETT COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
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75 
77 
7^ 
\'ILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 79 
, act of incorporation amended, 80 



toaT»j)oint additional trustees, 

,Jo«:e5'v fuuthoi:i^e(:l. 



81 

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INDEX. 115 

• ■W'lXXCTT. WAS^TTTXnTO:^: APADEMV^ to incorporate, 6^ 

, to appoint additional 

^ru5^Loe<=, 83 

HABERSHAM v 1 , excepted from the iaw requiriBg^ 

, 1 c turns ot' noor school funds, 19 
, rOOR SCHOOL FUND, on A^ifet application 

to be paid, 19 

, 001 XTY ACaDE^:Y. 10 incorporate, 7^ 

, CLARKSYILLE ACADE.MY, to hicorporate, 83 

HALL COUNTY ACADS3IY, t(f^ncorporate, 78 

, additional trustee appointed, 3-3 

, fniditional trustees appointed, 84 

HAMILTON' AOADEMY, to incqi-porafe, 29 

HANCOCK, POWELTON ACADE:^iY, to incorporate, - 85 

, SPAIITA ACADE:\IY, to ineorporaie, 86 

, MOUNT ZION ACADEMY, to incorporati?, . 86 

-.HANCOCK ACADE.MIES to recpive full ti%-iaends, b7 

HAltMONY A' \^ ="'""^^^";', in Henry, to incorporate, 9o 

. hi Putnam. 1^ fncornorate, - 144 

HARMONY V... V , . . E?,f*ALE ACADEMY, fo incorporate, 97 

HARRIS, HA.^IIL'i. ON ACADEMY, to incorporate, 29 

--- , JENKINS ACADEMY, to incornorate, 89 

HAWKINSVILLE AC_1DEMY, to incorpoVate, d^> 

HEARD, FRANKLIN ACADEMY;' to incorporate, 81 

HEBRON ACADEMY, in Jasper, to incorpoiat:', 100 

^ I hi^Monroe, ' 12^ 

H^TRY tOEMY, t. . 00 

! of iiicorporalion amended, 91 
.1 OROVE AQ4DEMY, to 

incorporate, 90 

. lIAil •: V ; ACADEMY, to incorporate, 93 

HERMON SEMINARY, to incorporate. 137 

HILESBOROUGH ACADEMY, toincv; / : , 90 

HOUSTON COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 91- 

, ACADE;j\IICAL fund. ^^A^rd to the poor school 

, 10 
p; hu^ fininni: ^'T-v ;,,. j;aid, ill part, to 

Perry and Flint River 

acadeniics, 29 

FLINT RIV! DEMY, to iiicorporate, 29 

? 1 1 :% L K>ViLLE -ACADE-M i , ic, ai(?orporatc, , 101 

I. 

JACKSON COUNTY, to form eleven scliool districts, 21 

, ACADETvIY, toinaorporate, 96 

, ACADl^MY, freoit allov.ed to, 204 
, HARMONY OROVE FEMALE 

ACADEMY, to incorporate, 97 

AC IDEMY, in IMonroe, to incorporate, 33 
JASPER, MONTICELLO UNION ACADEMY, to incorpo- 

rate, 8S 

ACADEMY, to incorporate. ?) 
, S.4RDIS ACADE3iY, to incorpoi-ftte^ 



09 



«20 INDEX. 

JASPER, HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY, to inccrporale, 99 

", HEBR.ON ACADEMY, to incorporate, ""lOa 

. HUNTSVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporato, 101 

, ACADE-MY, to incorporate, 10'^ 

, credit -allowed t • 20-1 

., l-'EMALE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 10;5 
, CONSTITUTIONAL HALL ACADEMY, to in- 

^- corporate, 10 1- 
JEFFERSON COUNT"^to establish an academy at Louisville, 104 

A CADE MY, lots to be sold for, 1 OG 
, to appoint adcHtionuI 

^ trustees il']-. 10(; 

ACADEMY, in ]\ionroe, to incorporate, :]l 

Newton, to incorporate, 134 

Putn?m, to incorporate, 145 

- T^'iggs, > 1-' 

JENKINS ACADEMY, to incorporate, -'J 
INTEREST to be uaid laypersons holding academic funds, 
IRWIN county' ],/^ ^M. inro,<non -^ot apart for a p^ 

school fun ■ i 

,iubesoi'l !^ 

, to refj^ulato poor sc^iool fund • . 170 
JONES COUNTY, fine:j^nd ibribiturc^ appropr; 

,; ;, r,') 

, CLINTON ACADS:^.IY, to incorpcrcUe, I(/^ 

, lottery authorised for, 10 ■ 

FARMERS AGADEMY,toincorporate, 10 ■ 

j^ ,name chanp:ed to 

, FLAT SHOAL ACADEMY,!. ..• 

Kilo, 10- 

JUSTICESof the PEACE, to make out rpoor 

scliools, 1 
5 to appi-ove or reject ihe accounts of 

• ■'■-' the teachers, r> 

INFERIOR COURT, to make returns and 
draw the ftmds, in 
certain cases, r> 

> may apply surplus 
county fiir-"'^\ +''^r 
educatioi) o 

. :o apply theilmes uiiere 

tliere js no acadcip)-, 2 7 
, to make report to the 
^cnatusAcademicus, 2- 

K. 

KNOXYILLE ACADE^^ to incorporate, rr, 

J tp an^endthe act of incorporation, G(- 

LA FAYETTE HALL ACADEMY, to incorporate, 7 7 

ACADEMY, to incorporate,. 34 

LA GRANGE FEMALE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 3a 

LAKE ACADEMY, to incorporate. v,r. 



INDEX. 221 

PAGF. 

LAND , YACANT, 1,000 acres to be g^ranteJ to free schools, J- 
, No. 10, and 100, in AppliiW3', Early, GAvinnett, Hall, Ir- 

win and Walton, set apait lor frca schools, 1 
, No. 10 and 100, in Appling, Irwin anet Ware, to be sold 

for free schools, 9 
VACANT, in Chatham, reserved for the academy, 40 
, not exceeding 2,000 acres, granted to-the aca- 
demy in Wa3^hesboroiigh, ■ 40 
, of Columbia academy, tabe sold, b'i 
to be conveyecUo Faye'tte apaTlomy, 08 
, Newton academy, 132 
Sunbury academy, 113 
of ^\'asbington academy, to be sold, 168 
Orphan House, to be sold, 192 
granted to the University, 170 
of Uftiversftty to be sold', 1S3, 185, 187. 
LAURENS COUNTY ACADE3.1Y, to incorpomte,. ' HO 

-cls of sales of lots, ^ 

applied to, 111 

, lot granted to, 111 

, arrears paid to, 112 

■', credit allowed to, 204 

rOOR SCfiOOL, credit allov/ed to, 1 12 

LAWRENCEVILLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 79 

5 to amend the act of incorpo- 
ration, 80 
, to appoint additional trustees, 8 1 
, lottery authorised for, 82 
LEAKVILLE ACADE.^IY. to incorporato^gk 133 
LIBERTY COUNTY, to establish an St aclemj at Ambury, 113 
, to grant land to academy at Sunburv, 113 
, V/ALTIIOURVILLE ACADErvIY, 

to incorporate, 114 
LINCOLN COUNTY ACAI>E!\IY, fines and forfeitures ap- 
propriated to, 114, 115 

, may loan out its funds, 115 

, GOSHEN- ACADEMY, to incorporate, llC 
, DOUBLE BRANCH ACADEMY, to 

^S- incorporate, 117 

LOCUST GROVE ACADIi^VIY,- to incorporate, 107 

LONICERA ACADEMY, to incorporate, 32 

LOTTERY authorised for Clinton academy, 103 

Elbert county academy, 04 
Fkyette county acadeii?}', ' 68 

Jasper county academy, 102 

Lawrencevile academ)^, 82 

Madison county academy, 120 

Jfadisoa (3/organ), academy, 128 

Washfngton county academy, 170 
LO^V^NDES COUNTY, to add academical to poor school fund, 21 

LYCEUM ACADEMY, to incorpo^e, 34 

l/ADISON COUNTY .4.CADEMY, to incorporate, 110 

_ Irittfrv .-.nth.-M-ispd Cnv, 120 



INDEX. 

I'AGF,. 

"3/ABISOX (JlOilGAN) AC^IPEMY, to incoif orate, 127 

' c' * , lottdfv'ai-thorisca lor, li2S 

.irARION COUNTY ACADE^IY, to iiicoq/omtr, ro 

J/ATHEMATiQJLlNSTRUMENTSIoanr :• v^^ rmversiiv, i:07 
3XINT0!^I-I^ COUNTY ACADEMY, to aui: > ccniniis- 

. ;<! ivjTulate Itco scliools, , J22 
. \''ADEMY,to incorporate, 57 
METHODIST GEORGLi EDUC • BOCIETY, to in-; 

•^ cqi^biate," 201 
]\TERRIWETHER CO! '" ', to incorporate, ' ;: '~ > 

-0 n:-; nr] tl-e art of 

1:^1 

MESON A0Ate3IY, to in:or: , \V■:^ 

I , to amracl tl^e act oi" incoq V-'X} 

MINERAL SPRING ACADEMY/to inccrrora' UO 

. ~ ^ , Lo q^poinl o.d : 

■riilS£lOller:^ 1' I 

.M3NAGAN ACADEMY, to incorporci'o, 7:^ 

J/DNROE,CICERO AGADEIMY. to Incorpora^ UM. 

, CONCORD ACADE^I Y^ to kcorpc Vir^ 

, COUNTY LINE ACADEMY, to iilcui|;urai^■, 34 
. -C^ULLODEN ACADEMY, to incorporate, ^8 

, FORSYTH ACADEMY, to incorponito, ' 121 

, HEBRON ACADEMY, to incorporate, 120 

, JACKSON ACADEMY, to incoi^orate, .^^^ \V.\ 
. JEFFim30N ACADEMY, to incorporate^^? \V\ 
. J^Ui^ VERNON ACADEMY, to inco,v n.a^ . -- 
. RlilDLlCK ACADEMY, to incorporate, " ; \ 

, ROCK SPRING ACADEMY, to incorporate, 123 

, TO VV^ALIGA ACADEMY, to incorporate, - 128 
, WOOD LAWN ACADEMY, to'incorporate, ' '<) 
JlONIit^OMERY COUNTY, to add academical to free school 

fund, 23 

, ACADE:\[Y, credit dlow cd to. 20-1 

J/DNTICELLO ACADEMY, to iacorporate, : 

- UNIDN ACADEMY. io 
AfORGAN COUNT 






A C Ai )Er\I Y, to incorporate, 1 27 

, credit allowed to, \\{)\ 

, iottor \' a.utlioristd '^ r, i u- "-' 

, OAK GROOVE ACADEruY,\o incorporate, 12'!* 

3irOUNT ENON ACADFJ'vIY, to incorporate, ' 148 

PLEASANT ACADEMY, to incorporate, 133 

VERNON ACu4DEMY, to incorporate, 88 

ZION ACVIDEmY, toincorporrctc, 86 

:\IUSCOGEE ACADILMY, toincorporrite, 130 

NEW COUNTIES to rccekc a distributiv#snarc of the poor 

"^ • school fimd, 8 

NEWNAN ACADEMY, to incoriX)rate, 53 

. I' > ror!*^"if] fhr- nr\ of inrr)-"': o7V)*-on. ~r\. 



223 

NEWTON COUi\TY .!( : IDUmY *-,^,o. , . ^^^f^- 

OAK GROVE Ar^AV^^jY t^Y.l.^. • *" 

■ '^/^'A / > to nicorjiOratc, 

, -^i^l^^-Jj^^vto reGoiveAii] di\iibads, 

, to amend the act of 

^' ' > '" i T ' ■ > \< ^^'-'-A^-^-i^M 1 , to incorporate, 1 i36 

' tr^^^ v^p'" f ,^1-^/--'^^^'"' to incorporate, i;i8 

-■,.-■ corjjorato, 13s 

OilPilAX i; ■■ --.toincoqWite, 1:37 



7r> 

135 



10:^ 



per:ja 



-_,.. ^ F. 

r. i.-mTXTT^ ' 'P^^cipal nut to be used,' S 
' ■ 'vTO^D, constituted, o 

I '^n>F. SCHOOL and ACADKMrc FU^^D, act 

creaiirjf^, n :;;;,- be rc])Qa!cd, 2 

A^-ivitl AL..iijii.Aii «o re, . . r ., ^•^^'jlyi 

, ■ ' ' ''- ' •^ot>f tlie poor 

]>HILOMATHU :\CADE^T ^ ..^orv. '■""' ^'''^' ^"^ 

I'lKE COUNTY, ZKBULO' :'' '^y' v ^'^ 

PLANTERS ACAOKMY^.n,-.! "'^^~^' ^''^ 

PLEASANT GROVE ACADEAlV t-. ^ ^'^^ 

. . . - fed to, I iO 

SOCIETY, to 
PilLiiDElNTTortr. ^ iiicorporate, £01 

-PPOTitcd and rijinovech ISj ' 
i'ROSPECT ACADLMY to i .ro.-;.,'.'V" ^''^' "1^1^^^"^^^' ' ^^^ 
PROTESTANT EPi;sC(JPAL'so^'^^4\^ ^'^^' 

''f : CJii lot granted to, 15.3 

"porate, 37^ 7^^ 

1 incorporation 
'' - - d%- 

^•Ppi>iiit additional cominis- 

, E.\,TON TON A C VDE v''y''" T^"'^? legalised, 1 1 : 

^ w^> "^A1JE.A. V, certain mortgages Icirali/^ed, 111 

) lun.is ot Union a^idciny 

. fFARMONY ACADEMY u. l':T''''^ '"' ^^^ 

. UNION ACAD^^^f J^;!;^-:-l---;^ ^^^^^^^^ U. 

ACADEMY. crcJi- ••^''=^""''- ?'' 



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IXDEX. 
M. 

IIABUN COUNT!, fi'ce school and ncauemical fandci vested ia 

com.mis.^ioners!, 147 

ACADEMY, 10 incorporate, 78 

, CLAYTON ACADEMY, to incorporate, 146 

RANDOLPH COUNTY ACADEMY to incorporate, 4A 

J to appoint additional commis- 
sioners, r!,") 
KEDLICK ACAD^EMZ, toincor- •\ 41 
REPORT to be made of the a'ltiount received hy each county, in 
confiscated property, or olher iiee school 
endowment, 2 
.hy tlie inferior court, in certain cases, to the 

Seqatus AcademicLis, C'S 

. ]>y couuijissioners of acadeiiiies. 5 

,' form of 205 

. hy trustee of free school fund, 5 

■^ , ihrm of, 205 

RETURN of ^NSUS in new counties, 8 

RICHMOND COUNTY, proceeds of sales of lots in Augusta, 

appropriated to the academy. AC) 

p^: ACADEMY, town commons rented for, 1 tS 

, commissioners to lay off streets, 

in Augusta, 150,151,152 

. to have a branch at the Sand 

Hills, 150 
, to Irave a seal, 153 
, act of trustees witliout seal, le- 
galized, 153 
. comnrissioners to con\rey a lot 

to the Presbyterian Society, 149 
Baptist Society, lp4j 150 
Roman Catholic society, 153 
XVotentant Episcopal 

society, 153 

Fern a c Asylum, 154 

ROCK SPRING ACADEMY, to incorporate,^ - " ' i-2^ 

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, lot granted to, loS 

H. 

S\L?'.M ACADEMY, to incorporate, 48 

SAND HILL, a branch of the RICHMOND ACADEMY. 150 

SARDIS ACADEMY, to incorporate, 99 

SAVANNAH FREE SCHOOL SOCIETY, to incorporate, ' 198 

-SCOTTSBOROUGH MALE AftxiDEMY, to hicorporatc, 34 

SCRIVEN ACADl^tY, to liave full dividends, 155 

, to ir)corporaie, 150 

. credit allowed to, 201 

5MITHYILLE ACADEMY, credit allowed io, CO 

, fu.ndsof transferred to Fort Gaines 

academy, 174 

S5CIAL CIRCLE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 29 

SPARTA ACADEMY, to incornorate, 8o 

STEWART COUNT\^ ACADEMY, to incorporate, S3 

SUNJBURY ACADEMY, to establish, 113 

* J to grant land to, 1 13 

TALBOT COUNTY, Vv ASHINGTON ACADEMY, to In- 

corp(>ratc, 29 
. OAK RIDGE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 157 
: TALBOTTON FEMALE ACADEMY, 

* ' incornorat'" ^'' 



' INDEX, 22$-. 

PAGE. '^" 

TALIAFERRO COUNTY, CRAWFORDVILLE ACADEMY,, 

lo incorporate, 153 
TATTNAJLL COUNTS; to add the aQadeii. cal to the free school 

■' • .•^' '"v, ^ tund, 23, 177 

;,ho\v childrcQ admittetl to the free school, 178 

J free school teachers, hovy appointed, 178 

T^XES not paid on real estate of acadeniies, 2<> 

property oi the Uaiversity, 182 

TEACvK^S of poor children, their payment regulated, 7 

'J^LEAIR COUNTY, to .add the academical to the poor school 

■ ' ' ''""'" ""^ ' ■■■■'•■■■ " ■■■ fund, 20 
ACADEMY, fmid separated from the poor 

schoollund, 160 

,to MTCorporatSj ISO 

, to regulate the poor'schobl'fund, 176 ' 

THORNTON ACADEMY, no Incorporate, 33 

TbWALIGA ACADEMY, to incorp^)rate, 12^ 

TRQUP COUNTY ACADEMY, to inccrpornte, 161 

, LA Gi.ANGE iiCADEMY, to incorporate, S?» 

, VERNON ACADEMY, to incorporate. 44 

, FRANKLIN ACi^DEMY, to incorporate, 161 

O^RUSTEKS of the POpJl SCHOOL FUND, clerk of court of 

■ ^ ordinary, to be, 3 
, bond, security, and 

oath, 3 
5 may Sue and be sued, 3 
J to he appointed by 
the Inferior courr, 
when cl'k c. o. will 

not accept, 4 

5 .to collect the funds, 4 
J to register the lists 
of poor children 8c 
cause them to be 

sent to school, 4 

, to pay the teachers, 5, 7 

5 to reeeive tlie pooc • 

^sehool fund, 5 
, to make annual re- 
turns, 6 
, at what periods to 

pay the teachers, 7 
•ITRFCTEES of AGADJc^MIES, how appointed, 39, 17^ 

', to make annual returns, 5 

, how to draw academical funds, G 

UNIVERSITY, to mcorporate/ 179 

' , appointed, ISO, 1S6, 168, 190 

, how appointed, 133 

, seats ot', how vacated, 190 

,_, . , hoAv many constitute a quorum. 191 

^TWIGGS COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, " J62 

, OCMULGEE ACADEMY, to iBcorpornt«, 1154 

, JEFFERSON ACADEMY, to i&coroorate, 1G4 

U. ' 

tJPSON, LA FAYETTE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 34 

UNION ACADEMY, to transfer its funds to Eatonton academy, 1 11 

, tp inc<)rpora|.e, ' H^i 

, to transfer th^ manafjoment of it^ flmds, I J 2 

SOCIETY, in Savannah, lo incorporate, JS02 

TJ^^iVERSITY, land granted to, n9 

, iiicorporali.d, 181 

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INDDX. 



UNIVERSITY, SEN'ATUS "AC ADEMICUS, their ilu- 

ties, &c. 180, ISi, 182, 184, 



PAGI?.. 



188, 

189, 

Im 

189, 
185, 



5 PRESIDENT, how appomted and remoyed, 
; other officers oppointed, 18G, 

3 trustees how appointed, and Tepioved, 

. quorum ofj 
, permanent fund, 
5 properly exempt from tax, 

, loans to, 185, 186, 18 

, mathematical instnimenTs loaned to, 
J to receive money Irom sales of land, 
Inlands to be sold, 183, 

, stock and dividends, 
, debts to the stale to be paid, 
5 religious sen liments of teachers, mnst be christian, 

students, no disciualifictttioiij 
5 all public schools, parts of,' 
degrees conferred, 
J laws, how enacted, 
5 property, by what authority alienatedj 
, co\i rse of study regulated, 
J officers may be dispensed with, 
, salaries^ 



188 
ISl, 188 

162, 184 



IdO 
191 
191 

182 
191 
207 
190 
187 
185, 186 
188 
18*2 
182. 
183 
1?4 
180 
181 
182 
I8t> 
186 



1S2V 



182, 



VERNON ACADEMY, to incorporate^ 
VISITORS of the UNIVERSITY, 



180, 



44 

184 



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WALTHO^*RVILLE ACADEMY^ to incorporate, 
"WARE, lots No. Id and 100, to be set apart ibr fiee schools,- 
, sold, 
, academical added to free school fund, 50, 

WALTON, lors No. 10 and lOO, to be set'apart f<.)r free schools, 
, COUNTY ACADEMY, io incorporate, 
, SOCIAL CIRCLE ACADEMY, U) incorporate, 
WARREN COUNTY ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
, MONAGAN ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
j'AMSDEN ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
, LOCUST GROVE ACADEMY, to incorporate, 
t^'AStliNGTON COUNTY ACADEMY, to dispose of its lands, 

, to incorporate^ 
, lot terv a uihorised fbr, 
, DAVISBOROUGH ACADEMY, to incorpo- 
rate, 
ACAi:)EMY, (BIBB,) toinc<)rporate, 

, (GWINNETT) ACADEMY, to incor- 
porate, 
, to app(mit addi- 
tional trustees, 83 
, TAT-BOT ACADEMY, to incorporate, 2tl 
CO^N'ft'j^INERAL SPRING ACxVDEMY, to in- 
• ^ corj)orate, 

J to a pjjoint ad- 
ditional trus- 
Ic'csj. 
WHITE oak: ACADEMY, to iui^^riwratej. 
WILKES ACADEMIES, fines and forfeiiuies appropriated to, 
WOODLAWN ACADEMY, to iiicofporat^, 



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114 

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24 
1 

7» 

2D 

7* 

75 

166 

167 

16S 

169 

170 

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36 

82 



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74 
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